The American Friend. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1974 book, Ripley's Game
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Ripley's Game
Patricia Highsmith, 1974
movie vs book
Wim Wenders, 1977

Tom Ripley is a wealthy American living in Hamburg, Germany. He is involved in an artwork forgery scheme, in which he appears at auctions to bid on forged paintings produced by an accomplice to drive up the price. At one of these auctions, he is introduced to Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer who is dying of leukemia.