The April Fools (1969)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 1969-05-28
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Runtime: 1h 35m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10 from 42 votes
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
Top cast
- Jack Lemmon as Howard Brubaker
- Catherine Deneuve as Catherine Gunther
- Peter Lawford as Ted Gunther
- Jack Weston as Potter Shrader
- Myrna Loy as Grace Greenlaw
- Charles Boyer as Andre Greenlaw
- Kenneth Mars as Les Hopkins
- Melinda Dillon as Leslie Hopkins
- Harvey Korman as Matt Benson
- Sally Kellerman as Phyllis Brubaker
Where to watch The April Fools
- United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- India: rent on Amazon Video
- Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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