The American Friend
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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
Dennis Hopper·Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz·Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer·Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain·Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray·Derwatt
Samuel Fuller·The American
Peter Lilienthal·Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid·Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw·Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache·Friendly Man