The American Friend
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1977-06-24
Runtime: 125 mins
Director: Wim Wenders
Spoken language: English, Français, Deutsch
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Original title: The American Friend
Production Companies: Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Moli Films, Filmverlag der Autoren
Production Countries: France, Germany
Cast
Dennis Hopper
Bruno Ganz
Lisa Kreuzer
Gérard Blain
Nicholas Ray
Samuel Fuller
Peter Lilienthal
Daniel Schmid
Sandy Whitelaw
Jean Eustache
Lou Castel
Andreas Dedecke
David Blue
Rudolf Schündler
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