After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit his legacy and reap millions in the process.

Barry Pepper
as Tom Ripley

Jacinda Barrett
as Heloise Plisson

Ian Hart
as Bernard Sayles

Claire Forlani
as Cynthia

Alan Cumming
as Jeff Constant

Tom Wilkinson
as John Webster

François Marthouret
as Antoine Plisson

Douglas Henshall
as Derwatt

Willem Dafoe
as Neil Murchison

Peter Serafinowicz
as Nigel