The Happy Ending

Overview

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.

Directed by Richard Brooks

Top cast

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

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Kathy Fields

Marge Wilson

Karen Steele

Divorcee

G

Gail Hensley

Betty

Eve Brent

Ethel

William O'Connell

Minister

B

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)

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Sue Collier

Alice (uncredited)

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