An American in Paris
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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.
- Director
- Vincente Minnelli
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $7M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
24 billed performers
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What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
An American in Paris returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $7M
- Release date
- Sep 26, 1951
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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