
The American Friend
1977, Mystery & thriller, 2h 7m
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The American Friend is a slow burning existential thriller that does justice to the Patricia Highsmith source novel. Read critic reviews
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American expatriate Tom (Dennis Hopper) treats Hamburg, Germany, like it's the Wild West and makes a living by hawking art forgeries, but decides to take part in a murder plot for extra cash. All Tom has to do to earn his share is find a potential assassin who won't do any talking, and he has the perfect man: Jonathan (Bruno Ganz), a dying cancer patient desperate to leave his family an inheritance. Jonathan begrudgingly accepts, but he's no gunman, and the scheme quickly goes sour.
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Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Derwatt
Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
Der Amerikaner
Der Amerikaner
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