TMDb7.1 / 10

The American Friend (1977)

Name: The American Friend
Director: Wim Wenders
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1977-06-24
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray

125 min · France, Germany, United States of America · Dir. Wim Wenders

Drama Thriller Crime 1977 movies

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.