Love in the Afternoon (1957 film)

Love in the Afternoon
Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
Directed byBilly Wilder
Screenplay by
Based onAriane, jeune fille russe
by Claude Anet
Produced byBilly Wilder
Starring
CinematographyWilliam Mellor
Edited byLeonide Azar
Music byFranz Waxman
Henri Betti
Maurice de Feraudy
Matty Malneck
F. D. Marchetti
Charles Trenet
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release dates
  • May 29, 1957 (1957-05-29) (Paris)
  • June 19, 1957 (1957-06-19) (Los Angeles)
  • June 30, 1957 (1957-06-30) (United States)[2]
Running time
124 or 130 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.1 million[3]
Box office$2 million (US/Canada rentals)[4]
Theatrical trailer.

Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the 1920 Claude Anet novel Ariane, jeune fille russe (Ariane, Young Russian Girl). The story explores the relationship between a notorious middle-aged American playboy business magnate and the 20-something daughter of a private detective hired to investigate him. The supporting cast features John McGiver and Lise Bourdin.

  1. ^ Mirisch, Walter (2008). "I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History" (pp. 81-83). University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. ISBN 0-299-22640-9.
  2. ^ a b "Love in the Afternoon (1957)". American Film Institute. 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: the company that changed the film industry, page 164. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. ISBN 0-299-11440-6. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  4. ^ "Top Grossers of 1957". Variety. January 8, 1958. p. 30. Retrieved February 22, 2019.