The American Friend

The American Friend

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-09-28

Languages:

German, English, French

Countries:

West Germany, France

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (7869 Reviews)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Cast:

Writer:

Patricia Highsmith (novel)

Wim Wenders

Fullplot:

Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder. Tom suggests his associate ask a local picture framer instead. That man has a fatal disease, or so it's rumored. More, he has a wife and kid that surely he wouldn't want to leave penniless. Let this picture framer be a hit man, and no one will suspect. The terminally ill craftsman may agree to the misdeed, and several more, but he'll end up needing Tom Ripley in a pinch.

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