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.
| Title | The American Friend |
|---|---|
| Year | 1977 |
| Genre | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
| Country | France, Germany |
| Studio | Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Bavaria Film, Filmverlag der Autoren |
| Cast | Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller |
| Crew | Peter Przygodda (Editor), Wim Wenders (Screenplay), Renée Gundelach (Executive Producer), Joachim von Mengershausen (Producer), Wim Wenders (Director), Patricia Highsmith (Novel) |
| Keyword | dying and death, friendship, paris, france, based on novel or book, hitman, leukemia |
| Release | Jun 24, 1977 |
| Runtime | 125 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.20 / 10 by 367 users |
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