The American Friend
1977 · 125 min
Directed by Wim Wenders. Written by Patricia Highsmith, Wim Wenders. Starring Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain.
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.
Critics 87% · audiences 80%