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The American Friend
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.
Where to watch The American Friend
The American Friend is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home.
Cast
- Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley
- Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann
- Lisa Kreuzer as Marianne Zimmermann
- Gérard Blain as Raoul Minot
- Nicholas Ray as Andrew Pogash Derwatt
- Samuel Fuller as The American
- Peter Lilienthal as Marcangelo
- Daniel Schmid as Samuel Igraham
- Sandy Whitelaw as Doctor in Paris
- Jean Eustache as Friendly Man
- Lou Castel as Rodolphe
- Andreas Dedecke as Daniel Zimmermann
Details
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Released
- June 24, 1977
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Studio
- Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions and Les Films du Losange
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.1 / 10 from 461 votes
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