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The American Friend

7.119772h 5mNR

DramaThrillerCrime

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.

Directed by Wim Wenders

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CAST

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Dennis Hopper

Dennis HopperTom Ripley

Bruno Ganz

Bruno GanzJonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer

Lisa KreuzerMarianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain

Gérard BlainRaoul Minot

Nicholas Ray

Nicholas RayAndrew Pogash Derwatt

Samuel Fuller

Samuel FullerThe American

Peter Lilienthal

Peter LilienthalMarcangelo

Daniel Schmid

Daniel SchmidSamuel Igraham