Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer as Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain as Raoul Minot

Nicholas Ray as Derwatt

Samuel Fuller as The American

Peter Lilienthal as Marcangelo

Daniel Schmid as Igraham

Sandy Whitelaw as Doctor in Paris

Jean Eustache as Friendly Man

Lou Castel as Rodolphe

Andreas Dedecke as Daniel Zimmermann

David Blue as Allan Winter

Rudolf Schündler as Gantner

Gerty Molzen as Old Lady

Heinz Joachim Klein as Dr. Gabriel

Satya De La Manitou as Angie

Axel Schiessler as Lippo

Adolf Hansen as Conductor

Rosemarie Heinikel as Mona

Stefan Lennert as Auctioneer

Heinrich Marmann as Man on the Train

Enzo Robutti as Falling Man (uncredited)

Wim Wenders as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)