April Fools' Day (1954 film)

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.

April Fools' Day
Directed by	Gilles Grangier
Written by	Michel Audiard Gérard Carlier Gilles Grangier
Produced by	Jean-Paul Guibert
Starring	Bourvil Annie Cordy Louis de Funès
Cinematography	Marc Fossard
Edited by	Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	Étienne Lorin
Production companies	Victory Film Intermondia Films
Distributed by	Victory Films
Release date	28 July 1954 (1954-07-28) (France)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$21,660,000

Plot

Honest garage mechanic, faithful husband and good father, Emile Dupuy was persuaded by the patter of a salesman at a bazaar to buy a cane fishing model with the money intended for his wife Charlotte's dream: a washing machine. Not daring to tell her, he will lie, small lies, wholesale lies, and 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

External links

• April Fools' Day at IMDb
• Poisson d’avril (1954) at the Films de France