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The American Friend

Drama & Thriller & Crime German & English & French

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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Key word

dying and death
new york city
friendship
husband wife relationship
paris, france
based on novel or book
hitman
munich, germany
male friendship
terminal illness
leukemia
dying man
murder
mafia
tape recorder
exploding car
art dealer
hamburg, germany
art auction
west germany
blood disease

Stars

poster

Dennis Hopper

Tom Ripley

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Bruno Ganz

Jonathan Zimmermann

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Lisa Kreuzer

Marianne Zimmermann

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Gérard Blain

Raoul Minot

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Nicholas Ray

Derwatt

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Samuel Fuller

The American

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Peter Lilienthal

Marcangelo

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Daniel Schmid

Igraham

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Sandy Whitelaw

Doctor in Paris

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Jean Eustache

Friendly Man

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Lou Castel

Rodolphe

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Andreas Dedecke

Daniel Zimmermann

poster

David Blue

Allan Winter

poster

Rudolf Schündler

Gantner

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Gerty Molzen

Old Lady

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Heinz Joachim Klein

Dr. Gabriel

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Satya De La Manitou

Angie

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Axel Schiessler

Lippo

poster

Adolf Hansen

Conductor

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Rosemarie Heinikel

Mona

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Stefan Lennert

Auctioneer

poster

Heinrich Marmann

Man on the Train

poster

Enzo Robutti

Falling Man (uncredited)

poster

Wim Wenders

Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

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