The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund)
Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder. Tom suggests his associate ask a local picture framer instead. That man has a fatal disease, or so it's rumored. More, he has a wife and kid that surely he wouldn't want to leave penniless. Let this picture framer be a hit man, and no one will suspect. The terminally ill craftsman may agree to the misdeed, and several more, but he'll end up needing Tom Ripley in a pinch.
Cast:
Dennis Hopper (Tom Ripley)
Bruno Ganz (Jonathan Zimmermann)
Lisa Kreuzer (Marianne Zimmermann)
Gérard Blain (Raoul Minot)
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Patricia Highsmith
Runtime: 125 min
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Language: German, English, French
Production Year: 1977
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