An American in Paris

1951 · 1h53 · Film

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch, Robert Ames, Joan Anderson, Larry Arnold, Martha Bamattre, Charles Bastin

Ideal when you feel… Romantic Happy Angry

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Alan Jay Lerner

Music

George Gershwin, Conrad Salinger

Cinematography

Alfred Gilks

Cast

Georges Guétary, Nina Foch, Robert Ames, Joan Anderson, Larry Arnold, Martha Bamattre, Charles Bastin, Joan Bayley, Rodney Bieber

Updated July 22, 2026

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