Gérard Blain

A jilted man rants at his mostly silent former lover.

Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) pays loving homage to rough-and-tumble Hollywood film noir with The American Friend, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game. Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider) oozes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman...

Director Howard Hawks re-teams with John Wayne for this African-set comedy adventure. Wayne stars as Sean Mercer, head of a group of highly skilled professional game hunters. However, these hunters don't use bullets: they capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions - an exciting business that pits man against beast.