Love in the Afternoon

About Love in the Afternoon

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.

Billy Wilder's Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 comedy romance film. It runs 130 minutes and was released in May 1957.

Its themes are private detective, playboy, love, and romcom. The film began as a novel.

Gary Cooper appears as Frank Flannagan, Audrey Hepburn as Ariane Chavasse, Maurice Chevalier as Claude Chavasse, and John McGiver as Monsieur X. The screenplay is by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond.

Gigi, Poor Things, and Jules and Jim make useful companions to Love in the Afternoon. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 353 votes and it carries a NR rating.