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The Happy Ending

Marriage is a 30 billion dollar business! And that's just to get married.
Dec 21, 1969 · 1h 52m
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Drama

PLOT

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

Jean Simmons
Mary Wilson
John Forsythe
Fred Wilson
Shirley Jones
Flo Harrigan
Lloyd Bridges
Sam
Teresa Wright
Mrs. Spencer
Dick Shawn
Harry Bricker
Nanette Fabray
Agnes
Bobby Darin
Franco
Directed by Richard Brooks

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Pax Enterprises
Country
US

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