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Tom Ripley is a fictional character in the Ripley series of crime novels by American novelist Patricia Highsmith, as well as several film adaptations. He is a psychopathic career criminal, con artist , and serial killer .
Patricia Highsmith on The Talented Mr Ripley. Ripley is a clever, vicious social climber with a talent for impersonation, who is able to finagle his way into the confidences of the rich.
Tom Ripley is a young man struggling to make a living in New York City by any and all means, including a series of small-time confidence scams.One day, he is approached by shipping magnate Herbert Greenleaf to travel to "Mongibello" (based on the resort town Positano), in Italy, to persuade Greenleaf's errant son, Dickie, to return to the United States and join the family business.
Andrew Scott transforms into the ultimate con man, Tom Ripley, in Netflix’s limited series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” — but he still found human ...
Tom Ripley is a wealthy American living in Hamburg, Germany.He is involved in an artwork forgery scheme, in which he drives up auction prices of supposedly newly-found—but really newly-produced—paintings by an artist who has faked his own death.
Tom Ripley is one of literature’s great con men, and Andrew Scott is a perfect choice to play him. The Fleabag and Sherlock actor is charming and has a sophisticated air… and yet there’s ...
Ripley and Trevanny drive to a remote village to burn the corpses in their own car. A few days later, Ripley visits Trevanny's house, where a quartet of Mafia gunmen appear. One of them opens fire on Ripley, but Trevanny steps in front of him and is mortally wounded; he dies in Ripley's car on the way to hospital.
The new Netflix series “Ripley,” based on the first of author Patricia Highsmith’s five books about Tom Ripley (1955’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley”), is a riveting watch — even if you ...