The American Friend
movie
Released June 24, 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.
Cast
Dennis Hopper
as
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
as
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
as
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
as
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
as
Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
as
The American
Peter Lilienthal
as
Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
as
Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
as
Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
as
Friendly Man
Lou Castel
as
Rodolphe
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Andreas Dedecke
as
Daniel Zimmermann
Crew
Wim Wenders
as
Director
Wim Wenders
as
Screenplay
Patricia Highsmith
as
Novel
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Renée Gundelach
as
Executive Producer
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Joachim von Mengershausen
as
Producer
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Jürgen Knieper
as
Original Music Composer
Robby Müller
as
Director of Photography
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Peter Przygodda
as
Editor
Margaret Ménégoz
as
Line Producer
Wim Wenders
as
Producer
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Heidi Lüdi
as
Art Direction
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Toni Lüdi
as
Art Direction