Release Date
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Original Release
June 24, 1977
2h 5m
The American Friend (1977)
⭐ 7.1125 min
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.
Director
Wim Wenders
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.8
Cast
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
⭐1.3
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
⭐1.0
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
⭐0.6
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
⭐0.5
Nicholas Ray
Derwatt
⭐0.5
Samuel Fuller
The American
⭐0.8
Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
⭐0.1
Daniel Schmid
Igraham
⭐0.2
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
⭐0.6
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
⭐0.6
Genres
DramaThrillerCrime
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