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The American Friend

The American Friend1977

★7.1125 minDramaThrillerCrime

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

Writer

Score

Jürgen Knieper

Stars

Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Lisa Kreuzer

Cast24

Dennis Hopper
as Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
as Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
as Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
as Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
as Andrew Pogash Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
as The American
Peter Lilienthal
as Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
as Samuel Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
as Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
as Friendly Man
Lou Castel
as Rodolphe
A
Andreas Dedecke
as Daniel Zimmermann
D
David Blue
as Allan Winter
Rudolf Schündler
as Gantner
Gerty Molzen
as Old Lady
H
Heinz Joachim Klein
as Dr. Gabriel
Satya De La Manitou
as Angie
Axel Schiessler
as Lippo
A
Adolf Hansen
as Conductor
Rosemarie Heinikel
as Mona
S
Stefan Lennert
as Auctioneer
H
Heinrich Marmann
as Man on the Train
Enzo Robutti
as Falling Man (uncredited)
Wim Wenders
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

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