The April Fools

May 28, 1969

1h 35m

★ 6.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Cinema Center Films

Jalem Productions

Cinema Center 100 Productions

National General Pictures

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Cast

Howard Brubaker

Jack Lemmon

Catherine Gunther

Catherine Deneuve

Ted Gunther

Peter Lawford

Potter Shrader

Jack Weston

Grace Greenlaw

Myrna Loy

Andre Greenlaw

Charles Boyer

Les Hopkins

Kenneth Mars

Leslie Hopkins

Melinda Dillon

Matt Benson

Harvey Korman

Phyllis Brubaker

Sally Kellerman

Stanley Brubaker

Gary Dubin

Mimsy Shrader

Janice Carroll

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