The Happy Ending
Marriage is a 30 billion dollar business! And that's just to get married.
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.
- 6.0
- 1969
- Released
- 1h 52m
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
Tina Louise
Helen Bricker
Kathy Fields
Marge Wilson
Karen Steele
DivorceeGail Hensley
Betty
Eve Brent
Ethel
William O'Connell
MinisterBarry Cahill
Handsome ManMiriam Blake
Cindy
Erin Moran
Marge as a Child (uncredited)![The Happy Ending (1969) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/leKfStS5pE8/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
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- #husband wife relationship
- #denver, colorado
- #bahamas
- #sexual revolution
- #dysfunctional marriage
- #nassau
- #sexual liberation
- #bored housewife
- #1960s
- #failed marriage
- #depressed woman
- #unhappy wife
- #wife leaves husband
- #adulterous husband
- #flashbacks
- #alcoholic wife
- #flirtatious husband
Reviews
The interesting topic for this film just about gives it enough steam to sustain the almost two hours of screen time. Jean Simmons ("Mary") is suffering from a long-term ennui with husband "Fred" (John Forsythe) and after trying drink and drugs to stimulate her existence, she absconds to the Bahamas (pawning her watch to fund this) on the evening of their wedding anniversary. It's on the plane that