El marchante americano Tom Ripley intenta poner a prueba la integridad de Jonatham Zimmermann, un humilde fabricante de marcos que padece una enfermedad terminal.

Wim Wenders meets Patricia Highsmith! The New German Cinema master tackles the famed mystery writer in this rugged gem of a thriller, starring a reliably wild-eyed Dennis Hopper as the notorious Tom Ripley—and with precious appearances by Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, and Jean Eustache as gangsters.