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.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Stars: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller

Crew: Robby Müller (Director of Photography), Wim Wenders (Screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (Novel), Wim Wenders (Director), Peter Przygodda (Editor), Renée Gundelach (Executive Producer)

Country: France, Germany

Language: EnglishFrançaisDeutsch

Studio: Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Bavaria Film, Filmverlag der Autoren, Wim Wenders Stiftung

Runtime: 125 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Jun 24, 1977

IMDb: 3.8

Keywords:dying and death, friendship, paris, france, based on novel or book, hitman, leukemia

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