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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.
A desperate art forger manipulates a dying framer into becoming an unlikely contract killer. This slow-burn thriller captures the chilling intersection of terminal illness and cold-blooded opportunism.
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Wim Wenders
Cast
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Sandy Whitelaw, Jean Eustache
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The American Friend
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Director
Wim Wenders
Cast
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Sandy Whitelaw, Jean Eustache
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The American Friend is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified August 31, 2026.