The American Friend

Name: The American Friend
Director: Wim Wenders
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1977-06-24
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray

Directed by Wim Wenders

Drama

Thriller

Crime

19772h 5m7.1

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.