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| Cancer: Minor Films no photo.
| Title | American Friend, The (1977) | | Alternative/Original Title | Der Amerikanische Freund | | Disability | Cancer Leukaemia | | Country | France-Germany-US | | Length | 127 | | Genre | Thriller | | Rating | 3 | | Director | Wim Wenders
| | Cast | Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Lisa Kreuzer Gerard Blain Nicholas Ray Samuel Fuller
| | Notes | Atmospheric (and enigmatic ) adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "Ripley's Game" A picture framer living in Hamburg is diagnosed as having leukaemia. An American art dealer whose currency is forged paintings gets the German to act as an assassin in return for enough money to look after his family. But this is an arty, referential film which is more about the relation between Germany and America than it is a thriller. In German, French and English. Quiz time: Q: What do three of the cast have in common? A: Three of them are directors (Fuller, Hopper, Ray)
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