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.
| Editing | Claudine Bouché | Editor |
| Production | Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Raoul Coutard | Director of Photography |
| Directing | François Truffaut | Director |
| Editing | Cécile Decugis | Editor |
| Production | Roger Fleytoux | Administration |
| Directing | Bjørn Johansen | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Suzanne Schiffman | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Robert Bober | Assistant Director |
| Production | Luce Deuss | Production Secretary |
| Art | Jacques Mély | Production Design |
| Production | Serge Komor | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Malige | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Claude Beausoleil | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Raymond Cauchetier | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | David Goodis | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Pipard | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Francis Cognany | Assistant Director |
| Writing | François Truffaut | Dialogue |
| Sound | Jacques Gallois | Sound |
| Writing | François Truffaut | Adaptation |
| Writing | Marcel Moussy | Adaptation |
