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59% Critic Match
The April Fools
“He has a wife. She has a husband. With so much in common they just have to fall in love.”
5.9 / 10• 1969• 1h 35m•PG• English
DramaComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jack Lemmon
Howard Brubaker
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stuart Rosenberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The April Fools is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
