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The American Friend
(1977)

2h 5m

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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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Grid Table
  • Dennis Hopper image

    Dennis Hopper

    Tom Ripley

  • Bruno Ganz image

    Bruno Ganz

    Jonathan Zimmermann

  • Lisa Kreuzer image

    Lisa Kreuzer

    Marianne Zimmermann

  • Gérard Blain image

    Gérard Blain

    Raoul Minot

  • Nicholas Ray image

    Nicholas Ray

    Derwatt

  • Samuel Fuller image

    Samuel Fuller

    The American

  • Peter Lilienthal image

    Peter Lilienthal

    Marcangelo

  • Daniel Schmid image

    Daniel Schmid

    Igraham

  • Sandy Whitelaw image

    Sandy Whitelaw

    Doctor in Paris

  • Jean Eustache image

    Jean Eustache

    Friendly Man

  • Lou Castel image

    Lou Castel

    Rodolphe

  • Andreas Dedecke

    Daniel Zimmermann

  • David Blue

    Allan Winter

  • Rudolf Schündler image

    Rudolf Schündler

    Gantner

  • Gerty Molzen image

    Gerty Molzen

    Old Lady

  • Heinz Joachim Klein

    Dr. Gabriel

  • Satya De La Manitou image

    Satya De La Manitou

    Angie

  • Axel Schiessler image

    Axel Schiessler

    Lippo

  • Adolf Hansen

    Conductor

  • Rosemarie Heinikel image

    Rosemarie Heinikel

    Mona

  • Stefan Lennert

    Auctioneer

  • Heinrich Marmann

    Man on the Train

  • Enzo Robutti image

    Enzo Robutti

    Falling Man (uncredited)

  • Wim Wenders image

    Wim Wenders

    Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

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