The American Friend (1977)
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.
- Released
- 1977-06-24
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Wim Wenders, Wim Wenders
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 469 votes
Cast
- Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley
- Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann
- Lisa Kreuzer as Marianne Zimmermann
- Gérard Blain as Raoul Minot
- Nicholas Ray as Andrew Pogash Derwatt
- Samuel Fuller as The American
- Peter Lilienthal as Marcangelo
- Daniel Schmid as Samuel Igraham
- Sandy Whitelaw as Doctor in Paris
- Jean Eustache as Friendly Man
- Lou Castel as Rodolphe
- Andreas Dedecke as Daniel Zimmermann