The American Friend
Der amerikanische Freund
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A terminally ill Hamburg picture framer is manipulated by an enigmatic, cowboy-hat-wearing American art forger named Tom Ripley into executing a Paris mafia contract murder to leave a financial fortune for his wife and son, descending into a spiral of paranoia and train shootouts. Wim Wenders and Patricia Highsmith's stylish, neo-noir existential thriller starring Bruno Ganz and Dennis Hopper, featuring cameos by Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller.
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