actor

The American Friend

72 %|Jun 24, 1977|Drama, Thriller

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.

Featured Crew

Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Wim Wenders
Screenplay
Patricia Highsmith
Novel
Wim Wenders
Director
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Joachim von Mengershausen
Producer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer

Watch it on Stream!

actor

Cast

actor
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
actor
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
actor
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
actor
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
actor
Samuel Fuller
The American
actor
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
actor
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
actor
Lou Castel
Rodolphe
actor
Andreas Dedecke
Daniel Zimmermann
actor
David Blue
Allan Winter
actor
Gerty Molzen
Old Lady
actor
Adolf Hansen
Conductor
actor
Stefan Lennert
Auctioneer
actor
Heinrich Marmann
Man on the Train
actor
Enzo Robutti
Falling Man (uncredited)
actor
Wim Wenders
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)