The American Friend

Overview

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.

• Drama
• Thriller
• Crime

Cast

• Dennis HopperTom Ripley
• Bruno GanzJonathan Zimmermann
• Lisa KreuzerMarianne Zimmermann
• Gérard BlainRaoul Minot
• Nicholas RayAndrew Pogash Derwatt
• Samuel FullerThe American
• Peter LilienthalMarcangelo
• Daniel SchmidSamuel Igraham