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The American Friend
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.
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- Release
- 1977-06-24
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 7.1/10
- Original language
- DE
- Status
- Released
- Production
- France, Germany, United States of America
- Studio
- Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange
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