The Happy Ending

The Happy Ending

1969 | 1h 52m | Drama | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

An alcoholic, middle-aged housewife leaves her husband and daughter in search of herself.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Richard Brooks

CAST

Jean Simmons

John Forsythe

Shirley Jones

Lloyd Bridges

Teresa Wright

Dick Shawn

Nanette Fabray

Bobby Darin

Tina Louise

Kathy Fields

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Richard Brooks

Related Videos

03:02
Happy Ending, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Youth And Beauty
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Having just spied each other by coincidence on the flight to the Bahamas, fleeing housewife Mary (Jean Simmons) is delighted to chat with old college pal Flo (Shirley Jones), in The Happy Ending, 1969.
03:56
Happy Ending, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Have A Lost Weekend
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Denver housewife Mary (Jean Simmons) and husband Fred (John Forsythe) on the morning before their 16th anniversary party, indirect reference to drinking problem, maid Agnes (Nanette Fabray) arriving, in The Happy Ending, 1969, directed by Simmons' husband Richard Brooks.
02:46
Happy Ending, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Roulette Is Tedious
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That is Bobby Darin (billed as Robert) as "Franco," hitting on straying housewife Mary (Jean Simmons) in a Nassau casino bar, her hipper girlfriend Flo (Shirley Jones) encouraging action, in The Happy Ending, 1969, from Simmons' writer-director husband Richard Brooks.

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