The April Fools (1969)

05/28/1969 (US) • 1h 35m

Drama, Comedy, Romance

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jack Lemmon

Howard Brubaker

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Gunther

Peter Lawford

Ted Gunther

Jack Weston

Potter Shrader

Myrna Loy

Grace Greenlaw

Charles Boyer

Andre Greenlaw

Kenneth Mars

Les Hopkins

Melinda Dillon

Leslie Hopkins

Harvey Korman

Matt Benson


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

infidelity

boss

trophy wife

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