It's better for Tom Ripley to be a false somebody than a true nobody, according to this cold-eyed young man. Tom is hired by a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder to travel to Italy and bring back his playboy son, Dickie, from the country's capital, Rome. Using Dickie and his girlfriend as bait, Ripley sets out on a perilous mission of betrayal, deception, and eventually murder.
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It's better for Tom Ripley to be a false somebody than a true nobody, according to this cold-eyed young man. Tom is hired by a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder to travel to Italy and bring back his playboy son, Dickie, from the country's capital, Rome. Using Dickie and his girlfriend as bait, Ripley sets out on a perilous mission of betrayal, deception, and eventually murder.
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