It's the late 1950s and Tom Ripley is a young American just trying to get by. Mistaken by shipbuilding magnate Herbert Greenleaf as a fellow college student of his son's, the tycoon eventually offers Tom one thousand dollars if he'll travel to Italy and persuade his playboy son to return to the States.
Tom, who has a knack for forging signatures and impersonating others, jumps at the chance and soon arrives in Italy where he quickly meets and befriends the son, Dickie Greenleaf and his writer girlfriend, Marge Sherwood. Although Dickie and Marge realize that Tom isn't of their class, and despite Tom immediately revealing his "assignment," the two men quickly become friends and spend a great deal of time hanging out together.
Although Marge becomes a bit jealous of the time her boyfriend spends with Tom, she doesn't let it bother her. That doesn't hold true for a friend of theirs, Freddie Miles, who senses something odd about Tom who's obviously become somewhat obsessed with Dickie and his lifestyle.
That suspicion comes true when Tom, after suddenly getting the cold shoulder from Dickie who sensed the same thing, secretly kills his new friend. Assuming his identity for people like Meredith Logue, a wealthy American socialite he met in customs, Tom not only acts like Dickie, but also continues to send forged letters from him to Marge, eventually having Dickie break up with her.
Accompanied by her friend, Peter Smith-Kingsley, Marge becomes increasingly suspicious of Dickie's absence and Tom's knowledge of what's really happening. As such, and with Freddie, the Italian authorities and an American detective showing up to question Tom, he soon finds his world progressively becoming more complicated as he tries to balance and hide his dual identities from those he knows.
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