🎬 Drama

The Happy Ending

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

⭐ 6.1/10 1969 1h 52m Dir. Richard Brooks

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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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6.1/10 28 votes

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Year
1969
Runtime
1h 52m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.1/10
Votes
28
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Richard Brooks 👤 Jean Simmons 👤 John Forsythe 👤 Shirley Jones
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Questions about The Happy Ending

The Happy Ending has a runtime of 1h 52m (1 hour and 52 minutes).
The Happy Ending was directed by Richard Brooks and released in 1969.
The Happy Ending is a Drama film (1969).
The cast of The Happy Ending includes Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Teresa Wright.
The Happy Ending has a TMDB rating of 6.1/10 based on 28 votes.

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