The April Fools
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“He has a wife. She has a husband. With so much in common they just have to fall in love.”
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
34 people
Jack Lemmon
Howard Brubaker
Known for
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Gunther
Known for
Dancer in the Dark
Repulsion
Peter Lawford
Ted Gunther
Known for
Little Women
Ocean's Eleven
Jack Weston
Potter Shrader
Known for
Dirty Dancing
The Thomas Crown Affair
Myrna Loy
Grace Greenlaw
Known for
The Thin Man
The Best Years of Our Lives
Charles Boyer
Andre Greenlaw
Known for
Gaslight
The Earrings of Madame de...
Kenneth Mars
Les Hopkins
Known for
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
Melinda Dillon
Leslie Hopkins
Known for
A Christmas Story
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Harvey Korman
Matt Benson
Known for
Blazing Saddles
History of the World: Part I
Sally Kellerman
Phyllis Brubaker
Known for
M*A*S*H
Back to School
Gary Dubin
Stanley Brubaker
Known for
The Aristocats
Jaws 2
Janice Carroll
Mimsy Shrader
Known for
Shane
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Stuart Rosenberg Director · Hal Dresner Writer Marvin Hamlisch Composer
Worldwide gross $4.5M · United States release May 28, 1969 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,500,000
Production
Cinema Center Films
Production
Jalem Productions
Production
Cinema Center 100 Productions
Production
National General Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · May 28, 1969
Theatrical
France
December 24, 1969 · Theatrical
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