The American Friend

Drama, Thriller, Crime

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Wim Wenders

Status Released

Release Date 1977-06-24

Storyline

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.