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Director:
Writer:
Richard Brooks (writer)
Release Date:
4 September 1970 (Finland) more
Tagline:
Marriage is a 30 billion dollar business! And that's just to get married. more
Plot:
A middle-aged woman walks out on her husband and family in an desperate attempt to find herself. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Barbra Streisand A Surprise Guest At A.M.P.A.S. Tribute To Marilyn And Alan Bergman
(From CinemaRetro. 8 June 2009, 4:35 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
One of the best movies on the problems of the marriage! more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jean Simmons | ... | Mary Wilson |
 | John Forsythe | ... | Fred Wilson |
 | Lloyd Bridges | ... | Sam |
 | Teresa Wright | ... | Mrs. Spencer |
 | Dick Shawn | ... | Harry Bricker |
| Nanette Fabray | ... | Agnes |
| Bobby Darin | ... | Franco (as Robert Darin) |
| Tina Louise | ... | Helen Bricker |
 | Kathy Fields | ... | Marge Wilson |
| Gail Hensley | ... | Betty |
| Shirley Jones | ... | Flo |
 | Eve Brent | ... | Ethel |
| William O'Connell | ... | Minister |
| Barry Cahill | ... | Handsome Man |
| Miriam Blake | ... | Cindy |
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Runtime:
117 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG
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Quotes:
Agnes: If sex were the only thing that really mattered, the whole world would be run by rabbits! more
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Features Father of the Bride (1950) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Happy Ending (1969)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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Unfortunately, it's a movie that a few number of people watch. Many lost its intelligence and perspicacity in portraying the emptiness of a married woman's life, played beautifully by Jean Simmons. The direction and the screenplay belongs to Richard Brooks, author of other great works as "CAT IN A HOT TIN ROOF" e "SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH". In this film, he presents more one of its unforgettable characters, just as Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie. Jean Simmons has the fragility and the necessary beauty for the role. Not the two was indicated to the Academy Award. It's a shame that the screenplay has not also been indicated, since it is an excellence of great observations about the life for two. The great moments of the film are the flash-backs grafted along the narrative, that put the history of the characters in a bitter tone, and explains its attitudes in the future. An adult, feminist, intelligent, deep, romantic but realistic movie, recommended to all the married people, mainly the women.