Fresh
The production holds enchantment and delight in substantial quantity.
Variety Staff, Variety
Love in the Afternoon
Love is a game any number can play... especially in the afternoon...
1957 · 2h 10m · Not Rated
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Billy Wilder
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Love in the Afternoon
Overview
A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.
Director and cast
- Billy Wilder Director
- Gary Cooper as Frank Flannagan
- Audrey Hepburn as Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
- Maurice Chevalier as Claude Chavasse
- John McGiver as Monsieur X
- Van Doude as Michel
- Lise Bourdin as Madame X
- Olga Valéry as Hotel Guest with Dog
- Jean Ozenne as le réceptionniste du Ritz
- Paul Bonifas as Police Chief (uncredited)
- Audrey Long Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As Andrew Sarris says, not without its cruelties, but not without its beauties as well.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Rotten
An over-long and only spasmodically amusing romantic comedy...
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
It's the closest Wilder ever came to Ernst Lubitsch.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
This film was produced by Mr. Wilder for Allied Artists -- in black-and-white. It is a hit.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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