Charlie Kohler is pianist in een bar, waar zijn broer Chico heen vlucht als de laatste problemen krijgt met een tweetal gangsters. Kohler raakt verwikkeld in de problemen die de gangsters brengen, omdat hij zelf niet is wie hij beweert te zijn.
Nee, helaas is Tirez sur le pianiste nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | François Truffaut | Director |
| Production | Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
| Editing | Cécile Decugis | Editor |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Raoul Coutard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Claudine Bouché | Editor |
| Directing | Bjørn Johansen | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Raymond Cauchetier | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Roger Fleytoux | Administration |
| Directing | Francis Cognany | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Pipard | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Claude Beausoleil | Camera Operator |
| Art | Jacques Mély | Production Design |
| Directing | Robert Bober | Assistant Director |
| Production | Luce Deuss | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Suzanne Schiffman | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | David Goodis | Novel |
| Production | Serge Komor | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Malige | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jacques Gallois | Sound |
| Writing | Marcel Moussy | Adaptation |
| Writing | François Truffaut | Adaptation |
| Writing | François Truffaut | Dialogue |
