The American Friend (1977)
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, Bavaria Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
Countries : France, Germany
Keywords : dying and death, friendship, paris, france, based on novel or book, hitman, leukemia