The Happy Ending
1969 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons), a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday life. She feels cheated by an older generation that taught her to settle for nothing less than storybook finales, people who are disillusioned and restless and don't know why, people for whom life holds no easy answers
Direction Richard Brooks
Cast Jean Simmons · John Forsythe · Lloyd Bridges · Teresa Wright · Dick Shawn · Nanette Fabray
Soundtrack Michel Legrand
Screenplay Richard Brooks
Cinematography Conrad L. Hall
Original title The Happy Ending
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328 votes (FilmAffinity)
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