The Happy Ending

Richard Brooks
1969-12-21

Marriage is a 30 billion dollar business! And that's just to get married.
6
112 min

The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson, 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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Jean Simmons Mary Wilson Unowned
John Forsythe Fred Wilson Unowned
Shirley Jones Flo Harrigan Unowned
Lloyd Bridges Sam Unowned
Teresa Wright Mrs. Spencer Unowned
Dick Shawn Harry Bricker Unowned
Nanette Fabray Agnes Unowned
Bobby Darin Franco (as Robert Darin) Unowned
Tina Louise Helen Bricker Unowned
Kathy Fields Marge Wilson Unowned
Karen Steele Divorcee Unowned
Gail Hensley Betty Unowned
Eve Brent Ethel Unowned
William O'Connell Minister Unowned
Barry Cahill Handsome Man Unowned
Miriam Blake Cindy Unowned
Erin Moran Marge as a Child (uncredited) Unowned