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The American Friend
Drama, Thriller - 1977
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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.
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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
24 Jun 1977
Country:
DE, FR
Languages:
English, French, German
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
6 wins & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Gripping 1977 American thriller from Wim Wenders that turns back on itself with deadly European irony.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
There's something cheerfully perverse about filming a thriller and then tossing out the parts that would help it make sense, but Wim Wenders has a certain success with the method.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Superb adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, with Hopper as her amiably cynical hero.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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