The American Friend (1977)2h05
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Director Wim Wenders (7.1 avg)
Also directed Paris, Texas, Perfect Days, Wings of Desire, and 64 more
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.
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Cast
Dennis Hopper
Bruno Ganz
Lisa Kreuzer
Gérard Blain
Nicholas Ray
Samuel Fuller
Peter Lilienthal
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