The Happy Ending overview
Synopsis:
Suburban housewives console themselves with pills and alcohol to tolerate their spouses' infidelities in The Happy Ending. Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons) is married to Fred (John Forsythe) and she prepares for their 16th wedding-anniversary party with tranquilizers and booze. The guests are clients of Fred's, a successful tax attorney. Harry (Dick Shawn) and wife Helen (Tina Louise) are two of the guests. Helen offers herself to Fred, as Mary entertains thoughts of bedding down with the playboy Sam (Lloyd Bridges) or a young gigolo (Bobby Darin).
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Movie Details:
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Studio: Pax Films, United Artists
- Year: 1969
- Run Time: 112 minutes
- Country: USA
- MPAA Rating: PG
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Drama
- Filmed in: Color



