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The American Friend

1977

2h 5m

7.10

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.

Cast

Dennis Hopper

Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz

Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer

Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain

Raoul Minot

Nicholas Ray

Derwatt

Samuel Fuller

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Peter Lilienthal

Marcangelo

Daniel Schmid

Igraham

Sandy Whitelaw

Doctor in Paris

Jean Eustache

Friendly Man

Lou Castel

Rodolphe

Rudolf Schündler

Gantner

Gerty Molzen

Old Lady

Satya De La Manitou

Angie

Axel Schiessler

Lippo

Rosemarie Heinikel

Mona

Enzo Robutti

Falling Man (uncredited)

Wim Wenders

Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

Andreas Dedecke

Daniel Zimmermann

David Blue

Allan Winter

Heinz Joachim Klein

Dr. Gabriel

Adolf Hansen

Conductor

Stefan Lennert

Auctioneer

Heinrich Marmann

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