WHEN DICKIES FATHER, A WEALTHY SHIP BUILDER, ASKS TOM TOBRING HIS ERRANT PLAYBOY SON BACK HOME TO AMERICA, DICKIE ANDHIS BEAUTIFUL EXPATRIATE GIRLFRIEND NEVER SUSPECT THE DANGEROUSEXTREMES TO WHICH RIPLEY WILL GO TO MAKE THEIR LIFESTYLE HISOWN. ITS BETTER TO BE A FAKE SOMEBODY THAN A REAL NOBODY.