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The American Friend (1977)

Directed by Wim Wenders

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.

Length 125 minutes

Actors

Dennis Hopper | Bruno Ganz | Lisa Kreuzer | Gérard Blain | Nicholas Ray | Samuel Fuller | Peter Lilienthal | Daniel Schmid | Sandy Whitelaw | Jean Eustache | Lou Castel | Andreas Dedecke | David Blue | Rudolf Schündler | Gerty Molzen | Heinz Joachim Klein | Satya De La Manitou | Axel Schiessler | Adolf Hansen | Rosemarie Heinikel | Stefan Lennert | Heinrich Marmann | Enzo Robutti | Wim Wenders