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The American Friend
(1977)
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| Dennis Hopper | ... | ||
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Jonathan Zimmermann
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Lisa Kreuzer | ... |
Marianne Zimmermann
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Gérard Blain | ... |
Raoul Minot
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Nicholas Ray | ... | |
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Samuel Fuller | ... |
Der Amerikaner
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Peter Lilienthal | ... |
Marcangelo
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Igraham
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Sandy Whitelaw | ... |
Arzt in Paris
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Jean Eustache | ... |
Freundlicher Mann
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| Lou Castel | ... |
Rodolphe
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Andreas Dedecke | ... | |
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David Blue | ... |
Allan Winter
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Stefan Lennert | ... |
Auktionator
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Rudolf Schündler | ... |
Gantner
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Storyline
Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder. Tom suggests his associate ask a local picture framer instead. That man has a fatal disease, or so it's rumored. More, he has a wife and kid that surely he wouldn't want to leave penniless. Let this picture framer be a hit man, and no one will suspect. The terminally ill craftsman may agree to the misdeed, and several more, but he'll end up needing Tom Ripley in a pinch. Written by J. Spurlin
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(West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
El amigo americano See more »Box Office
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DEM 3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Derwatt: Who is it?
Tom Ripley: It's Ripley.
Derwatt: The door is open.
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After casting Dennis Hopper in the film, Wim Wenders decided to cast known directors as the criminal characters in the film. These included Nicholas Ray, Sam Fuller, and Gérard Blain. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Derwatt: Who is it?
Tom Ripley: It's Ripley.
Derwatt: The door is open.
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