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Criterion Channel trailer

The American Friend (1977)

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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Watch Providers: Criterion Channel

Country: Germany
Languages: German, English, French

Runtime: 125 min.
Released: June 24, 1977
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 17+
poster

The American Friend (1977)

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.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Keywords: tmdb.paris-france, tmdb.hitman, tmdb.dying-and-death, tmdb.friendship, tmdb.leukemia, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.world-trade-center-manhattan-new-york-city + 74 more, imdb.safe, imdb.doctor-s-visit, imdb.subway-ride, imdb.telegram, imdb.child-answering-the-telephone, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.swiss-man, imdb.existential-loneliness, imdb.gold-leaf, imdb.one-hundred-franc-bill, imdb.whispering, imdb.garrotte, imdb.train-journey, imdb.frame-maker, imdb.family-man, imdb.proposition, imdb.inner-monologue, imdb.blood-disease, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.neo-noir, imdb.leukemia, imdb.assassination, imdb.male-bonding, imdb.cult-film, imdb.terminal-illness, imdb.hitman, imdb.painting, imdb.tape-recorder, imdb.harbor, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.elevator, imdb.hotel-room, imdb.germany, imdb.murder, imdb.artist, imdb.new-german-cinema, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.mafia, imdb.metro, imdb.paris-france, mdblist.fresh, imdb.reference-to-aristotle-onassis, imdb.reference-to-jean-gabin, tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, imdb.exploding-car, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.tom-ripley-character, imdb.death-of-protagonist, imdb.male-friendship, imdb.con-man, imdb.existential-crisis, imdb.man-believed-dead-is-alive, imdb.mafia-war, imdb.art-fraud, imdb.art-restorer, imdb.fake-confidential-report, imdb.false-accusation-of-infidelity, imdb.art-auction, imdb.west-germany, imdb.hamburg-germany, imdb.psychotronic-film, imdb.chance-meeting, imdb.hospital, imdb.escalator, imdb.multiple-murders, imdb.picture-frame, imdb.cowboy-hat, imdb.airport, imdb.volkswagen-beetle, imdb.painter, imdb.auction, imdb.pastiche, imdb.cult, aspectratio.1-66-1

Watch Providers: Criterion Channel

Production Companies: Les Films du Losange, Wim Wenders Productions, Road Movies, WDR

Country: Germany
Languages: German, English, French

77
7.4
/19896/
72
/357/
71
/369/
4.0
/41737/
88
/25/
80
/215/
79
/11/
Criterion Channel trailer
Runtime: 125 min.
Released: June 24, 1977
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 17+

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