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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 ...
- Wim Wenders
- Jürgen Knieper
- 3 million DEM
Sep 28, 1977 · A film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, directed by Wim Wenders and starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz. Tom Ripley, a con artist and forger, recruits a dying picture framer to be a hit man for his criminal associates.
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A thriller film by Wim Wenders, starring Dennis Hopper as a hit man who becomes a middleman between a French gangster and a German picture framer. The film explores the friendship between the two men and the dangers of their profession in New York, Paris, Hamburg and Munich. The reviewer praises the film's atmosphere and style, but criticizes its plot and clarity.
A 1977 thriller based on Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz. See critics' and audience's ratings, photos, cast and crew, and where to watch the film.
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A 1977 film by Wim Wenders, The American Friend is a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game, starring Dennis Hopper as an American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman in a murder plot. The film explores the themes of film noir, West German and American film styles, and the bond between two men in a seedy criminal underworld.
- Tom Ripley
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. View All. Film Details. Also Known As.
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.
