The American Friend — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Directed by Wim Wenders

• Dennis Hopper
  as Tom Ripley
• Bruno Ganz
  as Jonathan Zimmermann
• Lisa Kreuzer
  as Marianne Zimmermann
• Gérard Blain
  as Raoul Minot
• Nicholas Ray
  as Derwatt
• Samuel Fuller
  as The American

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