The American Friend

Movie

The American Friend

Drama

Thriller

Crime

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.

Date: 06/24/1977

Rating: 7.2

Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Sandy Whitelaw, Jean Eustache, Lou Castel, Andreas Dedecke, David Blue, Rudolf Schündler, Gerty Molzen, Heinz Joachim Klein, Satya De La Manitou, Axel Schiessler, Adolf Hansen, Rosemarie Heinikel, Stefan Lennert, Heinrich Marmann, Enzo Robutti, Wim Wenders

Dennis Hopper