The American Friend

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Dennis HopperTom Ripley

Bruno GanzJonathan Zimmermann

Lisa KreuzerMarianne Zimmermann

Gérard BlainRaoul Minot

Nicholas RayAndrew Pogash Derwatt

Samuel FullerThe American

Peter LilienthalMarcangelo

Daniel Schmid

Daniel SchmidSamuel Igraham

Sandy WhitelawDoctor in Paris

Jean EustacheFriendly Man

Lou CastelRodolphe

Andreas Dedecke

Andreas DedeckeDaniel Zimmermann