The American Friend (1977)
7.165
/10 By 370 Votes
Overview : 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.
Release Date : June 24, 1977
Runtime : 125m
Genre : Drama, Thriller, Crime
Companies : Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR
Countries : France, Germany
Keywords : dying and death, new york city, friendship, husband wife relationship, paris, france, based on novel or book, hitman, munich, germany, male friendship, terminal illness, leukemia, dying man, murder, mafia, tape recorder, exploding car, art dealer, hamburg, germany, art auction, west germany, blood disease
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