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The American Friend

Not Rated Drama Thriller Crime

Starring: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray

Writer: Wim Wenders, Patricia Highsmith

Release Date:
June 24, 1977
Ratings:
7.1 / 10
Director:
Wim Wenders
Companies:
Road Movies

Overview

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.