The American Friend
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.
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Andrew Pogash Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
The American
Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
Samuel Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
Lou Castel
Rodolphe
Andreas Dedecke
Daniel Zimmermann
David Blue
Allan Winter
Rudolf Schündler
Gantner
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Jun 24, 1977
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Studios
- Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR
- Director
- Wim Wenders