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Film · 1977
The American Friend
2h 5mNRDirected by Wim Wenders
- Drama
- Thriller
- Crime
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.
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Cast
Dennis HopperTom Ripley
Bruno GanzJonathan Zimmermann
Lisa KreuzerMarianne Zimmermann
Gérard BlainRaoul Minot
Nicholas RayAndrew Pogash Derwatt
Samuel FullerThe American
Peter LilienthalMarcangelo- Daniel SchmidSamuel Igraham
Sandy WhitelawDoctor in Paris
Jean EustacheFriendly Man
Lou CastelRodolphe- Andreas DedeckeDaniel Zimmermann
Details
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Writer
- Wim Wenders
- Novel
- Patricia Highsmith
- Music
- Jürgen Knieper
- Cinematography
- Robby Müller
- Editor
- Peter Przygodda
- Producer
- Joachim von Mengershausen, Wim Wenders
- Release
- June 24, 1977
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- English, French, German
- Studio
- Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange
- TMDB score
- 7.1 / 10 from 469 votes
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