Movie
An American in Paris
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1951-09-26
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Music, Romance, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gene Kelly as Jerry Mulligan
- Leslie Caron as Lise Bouvier
- Oscar Levant as Adam Cook
- Georges Guétary as Henri Baurel
- Nina Foch as Milo Roberts
- Robert Ames as Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
- Joan Anderson as Child in Ballet (uncredited)
- Larry Arnold as Frenchman (uncredited)
- Martha Bamattre as Mathilde Mattieu (uncredited)
- Charles Bastin as Smiling Young Man (uncredited)
- Joan Bayley as Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
- Rodney Bieber as Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
- Vincente Minnelli - Director
- Alan Jay Lerner - Screenplay
- Alan Jay Lerner - Story
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