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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). Agnes (Nanette Fabray) is the level-headed housekeeper who wryly observes the proceedings, and Shirley Jones is on hand as one of the guests. Mary ends up in the hospital in need of a stomach pump after a half-hearted suicide attempt. After the incident, her incredulous husband shallowly suggests that she needs a hobby.
Original Release
12/21/1969
US Release
12/21/1969
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 / Franco (as Robert Darin) |
Tina Louise | Helen Bricker |
Kathy Fields | Marge Wilson |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 / Franco (as Robert Darin) |
Tina Louise | Helen Bricker |
Kathy Fields | Marge Wilson |
Karen Steele | Divorcee |
Gail Hensley | Betty |
Eve Brent | Ethel |
William O'Connell | Minister |
Barry Cahill | Handsome Man |
Miriam Blake | Cindy |
Ingrid Bergman | Self - Actress in 'Casablanca' |
Humphrey Bogart | Self - actor in 'Casablanca' |
Clark Gable | Self - actor in 'Susan Lenox' |
John Gallaudet | Airplane Passenger |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Brooks | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1970 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1970 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1970 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Nominated |
1970 | Golden Globe | Best Original Score | Nominated |
1970 | Golden Globe | Best Original Song | Nominated |