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UNITED STATES · 1957

Love in the Afternoon

Billy Wilder
Classical Hollywood romantic deception class differences infidelity surveillance and intrigue May-December romance
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Synopsis

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.

Year1957
CountryUnited States
DirectorBilly Wilder
MovementClassical Hollywood
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