Movie

The American Friend

Name: The American Friend
Genre: 18, 53, 80
Released: 1977-06-24
Rating: 7.1

1977 · ★ 7.1

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.

Ratings & reviews

IMDb 7.4
out of 10

88%
Rotten Tomatoes (critics)

79
Metacritic

Details

Original title: Der amerikanische Freund
Release date: 1977-06-24
TMDB votes: 439

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