Love in the Afternoon (1957 film)
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| Love in the Afternoon | |
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| Directed by | Billy Wilder |
| Produced by | Billy Wilder |
| Written by | Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond |
| Starring | Gary Cooper Audrey Hepburn Maurice Chevalier Van Doude |
| Release date(s) | June 30, 1957 |
| Running time | 130 min. |
| Language | English |
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Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, and Maurice Chevalier, and directed by Billy Wilder. It should not be confused with Love in the Afternoon, a 1972 film directed by Éric Rohmer.
[edit] Plot
Maurice Chevalier is a private detective who lives in Paris. Audrey Hepburn is his daughter, a student of the cello. Hepburn takes an interest in her father's case files and soon becomes enamored of an American playboy (Cooper). Jealous husbands have hired Chevalier to track him. When she learns that one husband threatens to kill Cooper she finds him and warns him. She is eager to start a relationship but fears her inexperience will ruin her chances with him, so she pretends to be a mysterious woman of the world. Soon Cooper hires Chevalier to track down this mysterious woman. The story resolves as Hepburn's innocence inspires Cooper to reform and marry her.
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| The works of Audrey Hepburn |
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| Feature films Dutch in Seven Lessons (1948) | Laughter in Paradise (1951) | Young Wives' Tale (1951) | One Wild Oat (1951) | The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Monte Carlo Baby (1951) | We Will All Go to Monte Carlo (1952) | The Secret People (1952) | Roman Holiday (1953) | Sabrina (1954) War and Peace (1956) | Funny Face (1957) | Love in the Afternoon (1957) | Green Mansions (1959) | The Nun's Story (1959) | The Unforgiven (1960) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) | The Children's Hour (1961) | Charade (1963) | Paris, When It Sizzles (1964) | My Fair Lady (1964) How to Steal a Million (1966) | Two For The Road (1967) | Wait Until Dark (1967) | Robin and Marian (1976) | Bloodline (1979) | They All Laughed (1981) Always (1989) (cameo) |
| Television Mayerling (1957) | Love Among Thieves (1987) | Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn (1993) |
