Now, before we get into the core information of how you can watch 'The American Friend' right now, here are some key details about the Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Moli Films, Filmverlag der Autoren drama flick. The American Friend starring Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain has a NR rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 5 min. The release date of the movie is September 26th, 1977. The movie received a user score of 71/100 on TMDb, which represents input from reviews from 412 community users.
Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "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."
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'The American Friend' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on September 26th, 1977
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
January 7th, 2003
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