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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.
Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) [1] was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades ...
Looking at the latest portrayal of Tom Ripley in the recent Netflix series ‘Ripley,’ as well as at the new memoir ‘Sociopath,’ Sara Stewart asks if we as a culture are finally ready to ...
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.
Its eight-hour runtime allows Ripley to hew more closely to the novel’s tortuous plot than either the 1960 French film Purple Noon, which cast a young Alain Delon in the Ripley role, or Anthony ...
Starring Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, with Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood and Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf, the eight-episode limited series is the first adaptation of Highsmith's novel to a series. Ripley was originally set to air on Showtime, but in February 2023 the series was moved to Netflix. It premiered on April 4, 2024, and ...
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 ...