In Paris, detective Claude Chavasse is hired to follow a wife suspected of infidelity with the notorious American libertine Frank Flannagan.
When the husband learns that his suspicions are accurate, he tells Claude of his plan to kill Flannagan.
Claude’s daughter Ariane overhears the threat and warns Frank of the coming trouble. She then plays the part of a worldly socialite with a list of conquests as long as Flannagan’s.
The bemused ladies’ man returns to America the next day and Ariane, completely in love, follows his romantic escapades in the news.
She sees him again in Paris the following year, and resumes her worldly guise, telling tales of former lovers when they meet at his hotel in the afternoon.
Frank, amazed by the mystery girl and surprised to find himself jealous of her past, hires Claude to uncover more information about her. When the detective realizes what has happened, he asks Frank not to break his daughter’s heart. -- IMDb
Cast: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Van Doude, John McGiver, Lise Bourdin, Olga Valéry
About this movie
Title: Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Date of birth: 22 June 1906, Sucha, Austria-Hungary
Date of death: 27 March 2002, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Writing credits: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Year: 1957
Country: United States
Language: French | English
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 130 min.