The Happy Ending

December. 21,1969      R
Rating:
6.3
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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.

Jean Simmons as  Mary Wilson
John Forsythe as  Fred Wilson
Shirley Jones as  Flo Harrigan
Lloyd Bridges as  Sam
Teresa Wright as  Mrs. Spencer
Dick Shawn as  Harry Bricker
Nanette Fabray as  Agnes
Bobby Darin as  Franco (as Robert Darin)
Tina Louise as  Helen Bricker
Karen Steele as  Divorcee

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Reviews

Grimerlana
1969/12/21

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

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GarnettTeenage
1969/12/22

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

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Bluebell Alcock
1969/12/23

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

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Candida
1969/12/24

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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