The Happy Ending (1969)

12/21/1969 (US) • 1h 52m

Drama

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jean Simmons

Mary Wilson

John Forsythe

Fred Wilson

Shirley Jones

Flo Harrigan

Teresa Wright

Mrs. Spencer

Dick Shawn

Harry Bricker

Tina Louise

Helen Bricker


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

husband wife relationship

denver, colorado

bahamas

sexual revolution

dysfunctional marriage

nassau

sexual liberation

bored housewife

1960s

failed marriage

depressed woman

unhappy wife

wife leaves husband

adulterous husband

flashbacks

alcoholic wife

flirtatious husband

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