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The April Fools

He has a wife. She has a husband. With so much in common they just have to fall in love.

1969★ 5.9 · 411h 35mDramaComedyRomance

Overview

Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married — to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris, Howard asks to go along too.

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Cast

Catherine Deneuve
as Catherine Gunther

Jack Lemmon
as Howard Brubaker

Peter Lawford
as Ted Gunther

Harvey Korman
as Matt Benson

Melinda Dillon
as Leslie Hopkins

Sally Kellerman
as Phyllis Brubaker

Kenneth Mars
as Les Hopkins

Myrna Loy
as Grace Greenlaw

Jack Weston
as Potter Shrader

Charles Boyer
as Andre Greenlaw

Murray Pollack
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Kathryn Janssen
as Party Guest (uncredited)

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5.9/ 10

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Release date: 1969-05-28

Runtime: 1h 35m

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DramaComedyRomance

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