The April Fools
“He has a wife. She has a husband. With so much in common they just have to fall in love.”
1969•PG•1h 35m•6.0•Released
DramaComedyRomance
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.
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Writer
Hal Dresner
Languages
French, English
Studio
Cinema Center Films
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
Sally Kellerman
Phyllis Brubaker
Gary Dubin
Stanley Brubaker
Janice Carroll
Mimsy Shrader
Dee Gardner
Naomi Jackson
David Doyle
Orlow P. Walters
Susan Barrett
Singer
Production
Company
Cinema Center Films
Company
Jalem Productions
Company
Cinema Center 100 Productions
Company
National General Pictures
Producer
Gordon Carroll
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