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    The American Friend 1977 POSTER

    The American Friend

    1977

    German

    7.4

    ♡ 26

    88%

    80%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    dying and death

    friendship

    husband wife relationship

    Mystery

    new york city

    paris, france

    Thriller

    Wim Wenders Wim Wenders Director Samuel Fuller Samuel Fuller as Der Amerikaner Wim Wenders Wim Wenders as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley
    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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