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The American Cast and Credits

Cast

Christopher Newman	Matthew Modine
Madame de Bellegarde	Diana Rigg
Claire de Cintré	Aisling O'Sullivan
Henri de Bellegarde	Paul Hickey
Valentin de Bellegarde	Andrew Scott
Mrs. Bread	Brenda Fricker
Noémie Nioche	Eva Birthistle
Marquis de Cintré	Phillip O'Sullivan
Armand Nioche	Joe Pilkington
General Packard	Ed Bishop
The Duchess	Anita Reeves
Stanislas Kapp	David Heap
The voice of Henry James	Alec McCowen
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Screenwriter	Michael Hastings
Based on the novel by	Henry James
Producer	Fiona Finlay
Director	Paul Unwin
Composer	Stephen McKeon
Co-Producers	John McDonnell David McLoughlin
Executive Producers	Simon Curtis and Michael Wearing for BBC Nigel Warren-Green for Irish Screen Rebecca Eaton for WGBH Boston

The American is a co-production of WGBH Boston, Irish Screen, and BBC Worldwide for Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection.

The films in the American Collection are produced by WGBH Boston and ALT Films. Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS. Rebecca Eaton is series executive producer. Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection is closed captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers by The Caption Center at WGBH.

The original theme music for American Collection was written by Academy Award-winning composer John Williams and features renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public broadcasting producer. More than one-third of PBS's prime-time lineup and companion Web content as well as many public radio favorites are produced by WGBH. The station also is a pioneer in educational multimedia and in access technologies for people with disabilities. For more information visit main.wgbh.org.