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28/09/1977 (GB)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
2h 5m
- 71% (403 votes)
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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.
- Wim WendersDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
Der amerikanische Freund
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Keywords
- 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
Top Billed Cast
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
The American
Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
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