The American Friend

1977 NR 2h 5m 7.4

Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.

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.

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Studio(s): Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions

Originally Released: Jun 24, 1977

Production Countries: France, Germany

Genres:Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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