The Happy Ending
“Marriage is a 30 billion dollar business! And that's just to get married.”
When Fred asked for Mary's hand in marriage, she thought she had the happy ending she only read about in fairy tales. Now it's 16 years later; Fred has had an affair, and Mary drowns her sorrows in pills and booze, a dangerous combination that nearly resulted in her death the year before. As Mary rushes off to the Bahamas for a relaxing escape from her crumbling marriage, she reflects on the past and wonders just where it all went wrong.
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Cast
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Jean Simmons
Mary Wilson
Known for
Spartacus
North and South
John Forsythe
Fred Wilson
Known for
The Trouble with Harry
Scrooged
Shirley Jones
Flo Harrigan
Known for
Over the Garden Wall
The Music Man
Lloyd Bridges
Sam
Known for
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Airplane!
Teresa Wright
Mrs. Spencer
Known for
Shadow of a Doubt
The Best Years of Our Lives
Dick Shawn
Harry Bricker
Known for
The Producers
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Nanette Fabray
Agnes
Known for
The Band Wagon
One Day at a Time
Bobby Darin
Franco
Known for
Hell Is for Heroes
Come September
Tina Louise
Helen Bricker
Known for
Gilligan's Island
The Stepford Wives
Kathy Fields
Marge Wilson
Known for
Johnny Got His Gun
Karen Steele
Divorcee
Known for
Ride Lonesome
Marty
Gail Hensley
Betty
Richard Brooks Director · Michel Legrand Composer Conrad Hall Cinematographer
United States release December 21, 1969 · Produced in United States · Production United Artists Pictures
Production
Pax Enterprises
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1969
Theatrical
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