The Happy Ending (1969)

  • R
  • 12/21/1969 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 52m

Marriage is a 30 billion dollar business! And that's just to get married.

Overview

The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson, a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday life. She feels cheated by an older generation that taught her to settle for nothing less than storybook finales, people who are disillusioned and restless and don't know why, people for whom life holds no easy answers.

Richard Brooks

Director, Writer

Cast

Jean Simmons's headshot

Jean Simmons

Mary Wilson
John Forsythe's headshot

John Forsythe

Fred Wilson
Shirley Jones's headshot

Shirley Jones

Flo Harrigan
Lloyd Bridges's headshot

Lloyd Bridges

Sam
Teresa Wright's headshot

Teresa Wright

Mrs. Spencer
Dick Shawn's headshot

Dick Shawn

Harry Bricker
Nanette Fabray's headshot

Nanette Fabray

Agnes
Bobby Darin's headshot

Bobby Darin

Franco (as Robert Darin)

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