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The American Friend
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| Der Amerikanische Freund | |
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Written by | Patricia Highsmith (novel Ripley's Game) Wim Wenders |
| Starring | Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz |
| Release date(s) | June 24, 1977 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 127 min |
| Language | German English |
| Budget | DEM 3,000,000 (estimated) |
| IMDb profile | |
The American Friend (German: Der Amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 film by Wim Wenders, loosely adapted from the novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. The film is of the neo-noir genre, and features Dennis Hopper as career criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces into becoming an assassin.
The source novel Ripley's Game (1974) was cinematically adapted a second time in as Ripley's Game (2002).
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In A Girl and a Gun: The Complete Guide to Film Noir, David N. Meyer says, "Though the plot may not make a whole lot of sense the first time around — and the thick European accents of a couple of the major actors doesn't help — The American Friend is worth the effort. Few movies from any era or genre offer such rich characters, realistic human relationships, gripping action sequences, or sly humor." [1]
| Actor | Role |
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| Dennis Hopper | Tom Ripley |
| Bruno Ganz | Jonathan Zimmermann |
| Lisa Kreuzer | Marianne Zimmermann |
| Gérard Blain | Raoul Minot |
| Nicholas Ray | Derwatt |
| Samuel Fuller | The American Mobster |
| David Blue | Allan Winter |
- ^ David M. Meyer (1998). A Girl and a Gun: The Complete Guide to Film Noir on Video. Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-79067-X.
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