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The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 neo-noir film written and directed by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. It stars Dennis Hopper as career-criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces into becoming an ...
Sep 28, 1977 · The American Friend: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain. Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Reviews. The American Friend. Roger Ebert January 01, 1977. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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 in "The American Friend."
Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman, played by Bruno Ganz, in a seedy criminal underworld as revenge for a personal slight—but when the two become embroiled in an ever-deepening murder plot, they form an unlikely bond.
Jan 18, 2024. Aug 1, 2019. Mar 30, 2017. American expatriate Tom (Dennis Hopper) treats Hamburg, Germany, like it's the Wild West and makes a living by hawking art forgeries, but decides to take...
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Aug 10, 2018 · 1977. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A dying man reluctantly takes on a job as a hit man in order to have money to leave to his widow. Cast & Crew. Read More. Wim Wenders. Director. Bruno Ganz. Dennis Hopper. Lisa Kreuzer. Gerard Blain. Samuel Fuller. Photos & Videos.
The American Friend. Summaries. Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man. Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder.
