An American in Paris
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An American in Paris

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

7.0 / 10 1951 1h 53mG English
MusicRomanceComedy

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Jerry Mulligan

Lead
Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Lise Bouvier

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

Adam Cook

Georges Guétary

Georges Guétary

Henri Baurel

Nina Foch

Nina Foch

Milo Roberts

RA

Robert Ames

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

JA

Joan Anderson

Child in Ballet (uncredited)

LA

Larry Arnold

Frenchman (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vincente Minnelli's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. An American in Paris is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker