Original title
Der amerikanische Freund
Released
6/24/1977
Origin country
DE
Genre
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Production companies
Road Movies, WDR, Les Films du Losange, Wim Wenders Productions
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
2hr 5min
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.
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