An American in Paris

An American in Paris

What a joy! It's M-G-M's Technicolor musical!

G 1951 · 113 min · ★ 7.0 · Music, Romance, Comedy

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli · Written by Alan Jay Lerner

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Gene Kelly Jerry Mulligan
Leslie Caron Lise Bouvier
Oscar Levant Adam Cook
Georges Guétary Henri Baurel
Nina Foch Milo Roberts
Robert Ames Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Joan Anderson Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Larry Arnold Frenchman (uncredited)
Martha Bamattre Mathilde Mattieu (uncredited)
Charles Bastin Smiling Young Man (uncredited)
Joan Bayley Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Rodney Bieber Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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