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Movie · 1977

The American Friend

Released 24 June 1977 More from 1977 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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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How old were they?

Oldest first
Samuel Fuller
as The American
64
Gérard Blain
as Raoul Minot
46
Jean Eustache
as Friendly Man
38
Lou Castel
as Rodolphe
34
Lisa Kreuzer
as Marianne Zimmermann
31
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
33years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Samuel Fuller — oldest on the call sheet
31Lisa Kreuzer — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast
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