April Fools' Day (film)
| April Fools' Day | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
| Produced by | Jean-Paul Guibert |
| Written by |
Michel Audiard Gérard Carlier Gilles Grangier |
| Starring |
Bourvil Annie Cordy Louis de Funès |
| Music by | Étienne Lorin |
| Cinematography | Marc Fossard |
| Edited by | Jacqueline Thiédot |
Production company |
Victory Film Intermondia Films |
| Distributed by | Victory Films |
Release dates | 28 July 1954 (France) |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $21,660,000[1] |
April Fools' Day or Poisson d'avril, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Gilles Grangier, written by Michel Audiard, starring Bourvil, Annie Cordy and Louis de Funès.[2]
Plot
Honest garage mechanic, faithful husband and good father, Emile Dupuy was persuaded by the patter of a salesman bazaar which makes him buy a cane fishing model perfected with the money intended for the washing machine whose dream his wife Charlotte. Not daring to tell him, and he will lie, small wholesale lies lies, finds himself in an inextricable situation.
Cast
- Bourvil : Emile Dupuy
- Annie Cordy : Charlotte Dupuy
- Louis de Funès : The gamekeeper
- Denise Grey : Clémentine Prévost
- Pierre Dux : Gaston Prévost
- Jacqueline Noëlle : Annette Coindet
- Paul Faivre : Louis
- Charles Lemontier : M. André
- Jean Hébey : M. Dutreille
- Nono Zammit : M. Gauthier
- Guy Loriquet : Léon
- Gérard Sabatier : Jacky
- Zeimet : Germain
- Louis Bugette : The garage's owner
- Maurice Biraud : The seller of fishing equipment
- Suzanne Grey : The neighbor
- René Havard : The examiner
- Gérard Darrieu : The delivery guy
- Charles Denner : A café's client
References
External links
- April Fools' Day at the Internet Movie Database
- Poisson d’avril (1954) at the Films de France
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