---
title: 'The American Beauty (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Dhéry'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-american-beauty-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054676/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The American Beauty (1961)

1961 · 99 min · Comedy · France

Original title: La Belle Américaine

## Synopsis

La belle américaine is a French comedy film from 1961, directed by Robert Dhéry, written by Alfred Adam and starring Alfred Adam and Louis de Funès. The film was known under the titles La bella americana (Italian), The American Beauty (English) and Der tolle Amerikaner (German).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Dhéry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dhery)
- **Screenplay:** [Pierre Tchernia](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-tchernia)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gérard Calvi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-calvi)
- **Producer:** [Henri Diamant-Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-diamant-berger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ghislain Cloquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/ghislain-cloquet)
- **Editor:** [Albert Jurgenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-jurgenson)

## Cast

- [Michel Modo](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-modo)
- [Robert Burnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burnier)
- [Robert Destain](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-destain)
- [Alfred Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-adam)
- [Hélène Dieudonné](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-dieudonne)
- [Philippe Dumat](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-dumat)
- [Guy Grosso](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-grosso)
- [Jean-Marc Thibault](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marc-thibault)
- [André Badin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-badin)
- [Roger Pierre](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-pierre)
- [Dominique Collignon-Maurin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-collignon-maurin)
- [Jean Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-richard)
- [Jacques Fabbri](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-fabbri)
- [Jacques Charrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-charrier)
- [Robert Dhéry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dhery)

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