The Happy Ending (1969)

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.

Cast (32)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

K

Kathy Fields

Marge Wilson

Karen Steele

Divorcee

G

Gail Hensley

Betty

Eve Brent

Ethel

William O'Connell

Minister

Barry Cahill

Handsome Man

M

Miriam Blake

Cindy

Erin Moran

Marge as a Child (uncredited)

Ingrid Bergman

Self - Actress in 'Casablanca' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Humphrey Bogart

Self - Actor in 'Casablanca' (archive footage) (uncredited)

S

Sue Collier

Alice (uncredited)

Clark Gable

Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)

S

Sue Collier

Alice (uncredited)

John Gallaudet

Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

Greta Garbo

Self - Actress in 'Susan Lennox' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leslie Howard

Self - Actor in 'Smilin' Through' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack LaLanne

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pat Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

N

Nanci Roberts

The Model (uncredited)

Elizabeth Taylor

Kay Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spencer Tracy

Self - Stanley T. Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)

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