The American Friend

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.

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Top cast

Dennis Hopper

Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz

Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer

Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain

Raoul Minot

Nicholas Ray

Derwatt

Samuel Fuller

The American

Peter Lilienthal

Marcangelo

Daniel Schmid

Igraham

Sandy Whitelaw

Doctor in Paris

Jean Eustache

Friendly Man

Lou Castel

Rodolphe

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Andreas Dedecke

Daniel Zimmermann