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Quick Info

Rating

7.1/10

Release1977

Runtime2h 5m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Road Movies

Wim Wenders Productions

Les Films du Losange

WDR

Moli Films

Filmverlag der Autoren

Movie

The American Friend

1977

2h 5m

7.1

Drama

Thriller

Crime

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.

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