The American Friend

Drama • Thriller • Crime

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The American Friend
The American Friend
Unrated
9/24/19772h 5m

Premiere Release (US)

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

Status:

Released

Language:

German

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

  • dying and death
  • new york city
  • friendship
  • husband wife relationship
  • paris, france
  • based on novel or book
  • hitman
  • munich, germany
  • male friendship
  • terminal illness
  • leukemia
  • dying man
  • murder
  • mafia
  • tape recorder
  • exploding car
  • art dealer
  • hamburg, germany
  • art auction
  • west germany
  • blood disease

Cast

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

~ as ~

Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

~ as ~

Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer

Lisa Kreuzer

~ as ~

Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain

Gérard Blain

~ as ~

Raoul Minot

Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

~ as ~

Derwatt

Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

~ as ~

The American

Peter Lilienthal

Peter Lilienthal

~ as ~

Marcangelo

Daniel Schmid

Daniel Schmid

~ as ~

Igraham

Sandy Whitelaw

Sandy Whitelaw

~ as ~

Doctor in Paris

Jean Eustache

~ as ~

Friendly Man

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