The American Friend
...transforms Patricia Highsmith's Ripley's Game into a gripping European noir.
Studio:
Road Movies
Year:
1977
Critics Rating: 88%
Audience Rating: 80%
Duration: 2 h 7 m
Updated: 2026 Jul 23
Movie ID: 90291
Server: Main Plex Server
Synopsis
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.
