The Happy Ending is a 1969 film which tells the story of a repressed housewife who longs for liberation from her marriage.
1953 - and through the course of a Colorado autumn and winter, Mary Spencer (Jean Simmons), and Fred Wilson, (John Forsythe), lead an idyllic existence. Mary finishes college early to marry Fred and their perfect wedding mirrors the happy endings of the films Mary loves.
1969 - a suburban house in Denver, Colorado. It is the ...
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The Happy Ending is a 1969 film which tells the story of a repressed housewife who longs for liberation from her marriage.
1953 - and through the course of a Colorado autumn and winter, Mary Spencer (Jean Simmons), and Fred Wilson, (John Forsythe), lead an idyllic existence. Mary finishes college early to marry Fred and their perfect wedding mirrors the happy endings of the films Mary loves.
1969 - a suburban house in Denver, Colorado. It is the Wilson's 16th wedding anniversary. On his way to work Fred, a successful tax consultant, tells their maid Agnes (Nanette Fabray), that he has found some vodka hidden in Mary's wardrobe and asks her to keep an eye on his wife. Agnes sees Mary set off for the beauty parlour. At an airline office, however, Mary buys a one-way ticket to Nassau, Bahamas. On the flight she recalls the horrors of last year's anniversary party, when Fred had drunk too much and flirted with a blond divorcee and she too had been driven to the bottle and Casablanca, on...
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