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April Love ()

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A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.
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Nick Conover
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Liz Templeton
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Fran Templeton
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Jed Bruce
Matt Crowley ...
Dan Templeton
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Henrietta Bruce
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Al Turner (as Brad Jackson)
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Ticket Taker at Square Dance (uncredited)
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Racetrack Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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Veterinarian (uncredited)
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Master of Ceremonies at Dance (uncredited)
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Housewife (uncredited)
Charles M. Galloway ...
Ferris Wheel Operator (uncredited)
Nelson Malone ...
Ed Hargraves, Horse Handler (uncredited)
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Husband at Dance (uncredited)
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Ticket #125 Winner (uncredited)
Earl Teater Jr. ...
Dan's Driver (uncredited)

Directed by

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Henry Levin

Written by

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Winston Miller ... (screenplay)
 
George Agnew Chamberlain ... (based on a novel by)

Produced by

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David Weisbart ... producer

Cinematography by

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Wilfrid M. Cline ... director of photography (as Wilfrid Cline)

Editing by

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William B. Murphy

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Leonard Doss ... color consultant
Lyman Hallowell ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Herman A. Blumenthal
Lyle R. Wheeler

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Eli Benneche ... (set decorations)
Walter M. Scott ... (set decorations)

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Renié ... (costumes designed by) (as Renie)

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Ben Nye ... makeup artist
Helen Turpin ... hair stylist
Lynn F. Reynolds ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Stan Hough ... assistant director (as Stanley Hough)

Art Department

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John Dapper ... set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Eugene Grossman ... sound
Frank Moran ... sound
Dick Jensen ... sound editor (uncredited)
Bob Weatherford ... sound editor (uncredited)

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L.B. Abbott ... special photographic effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Charles Le Maire ... executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)

Music Department

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Sammy Fain ... songs by
Charles Henderson ... vocal supervisor
Pete King ... orchestrator
Skip Martin ... orchestrator
Cyril J. Mockridge ... music adaptation
Alfred Newman ... music adaptation
Lionel Newman ... conductor
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator
Paul Francis Webster ... songs by
Eileen Wilson ... singing voice: Dolores Michaels (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Dolores Rubin ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Bill Foster ... musical numbers staged by
Charles M. Galloway ... ferris wheel operator (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Chicagoan Nick Conover received a suspended sentence for being caught joyriding in a stolen car, with his driver's license suspended indefinitely. Nicky's problems are seen as running around with the wrong crowd. Nicky's sentence is predicated on him living at the run down Kentucky horse farm of his Aunt Henrietta and Uncle Jed Bruce, who he hasn't seen since he was a child. The judge figured this more wholesome environment would get Nicky away from his bad influences. Henrietta wants to be a part of Nicky's salvation, but Jed doesn't trust the fact of a delinquent being under his roof, although he has other more personal reasons not having to do with Nicky for his initially antagonistic relationship with his nephew. Nicky doesn't rebel against farm life, but ends up gravitating toward anything mechanical, especially the sports car owned by sophisticated Fran Templeton - the elder daughter of Dan Templeton, who owns the luxurious neighboring horse farm - and by association Fran herself. With his infatuation with Fran, Nicky doesn't see that Fran's younger sister, the tomboyish and horse loving Liz Templeton, hangs around him because she is falling for him. It isn't until a couple of incidents involving Jed's only remaining horse, the spirited Tugfire, occur that Nicky begins to see his uncle and Liz in a different light. But Nicky's past catching up with him may get in the way of a Nicky/Liz happy ending. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Je vous adore (France)
  • Rakkautta huhtikuussa (Finland)
  • Апрельская любовь (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Junges Glück im April (West Germany)
  • Aprilska ljubav (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian title)
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  • 97 min
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Trivia This movie was based on the novel "The Phantom Filly" by George Agnew Chamberlain, and is a remake of 1944's Home in Indiana (1944) starring Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain and June Haver. See more »
Goofs When Nick is testing his hot rod car around the horse corral the car starts out as a Mercury then, after the horse jumps the fence, it switches to a Ford. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Damien: Omen II (1978). See more »
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