The American Friend
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.
Year: 1977
Studio: Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller
Crew: Peter Przygodda (Editor), Wim Wenders (Screenplay), Renée Gundelach (Executive Producer), Joachim von Mengershausen (Producer), Wim Wenders (Director), Patricia Highsmith (Novel)
Keyword : dying and death, new york city, friendship, husband wife relationship, paris, france, based on novel or book, hitman, munich, germany, male friendship, terminal illness, leukemia, dying man, murder, mafia, tape recorder, exploding car, art dealer, hamburg, germany, art auction, west germany, blood disease
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