Overview
Plot
At a Hamburg auction, American art forger Tom Ripley is slighted by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When gangster Raoul Minot asks Ripley to kill a rival, Ripley suggests Zimmerman, and the two exploit Zimmerman's terminal illness to coerce him into becoming a hitman.
- Directors
- Wim Wenders
- Cast
- 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
- Country
- France, Germany, United States of America
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Release date
- 1977-06-24
- Studios
- Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Moli Films, Filmverlag der Autoren
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The American Friend Plot and Cast
Tom Ripley, an American dealing in forged art, feels insulted by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman at a Hamburg auction. Later, when gangster Raoul Minot asks Ripley to murder a rival, Ripley proposes Zimmerman for the job. Together, Ripley and Minot use Zimmerman's terminal illness as leverage, pressuring the framer into working as a hitman.
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