The Happy Ending
1969 · 112 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 1,157 VOTES · DIR. Richard Brooks
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,503 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:07 Honey, it had a happy ending.
00:09:31 and time for our trip to God's Fountain of Youth.
00:13:03 And there's nothing wrong, not anymore.
00:17:01 You invested $6,000.
00:21:00 You told him.
00:25:14 He needs one.
00:28:18 till we can go home and kill more time!
00:31:59 For auld lang syne
00:34:58 Codeine!
00:38:58 Gone!
00:45:14 President Johnson's peace plans were snubbed by Hanoi.
00:48:47 I, Richard Milhous Nixon do solemnly swear...
00:53:22 Your mother loved you before you were born.
00:57:28 No.
01:01:06 Thanks for the present.
01:06:00 One tomato juice, straight.
01:09:54 - Marcello? - Yeah.
01:14:17 Perhaps, I saw you in a dream, huh?
01:19:46 - Come on. - Come on, swallow.
01:23:40 What's he got away with?
01:29:34 The lines are worked horizontally. Worked up and down.
01:39:02 What do you do between times?
01:43:58 What kind of happy?
01:51:40 if you were free, would you marry me again?
Cast & Characters
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
Kathy Fields
Marge Wilson
Karen Steele
Divorcee
Gail Hensley
Betty
Eve Brent
Ethel
William O'Connell
Minister
Barry Cahill
Handsome Man
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)
Sue Collier
Alice (uncredited)
Clark Gable
Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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)
Nanci Roberts
The Model (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Kay Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy
Self - Stanley T. Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,503
Dialogue density13.4 lines / min
First line00:03:07
Final line01:51:40
Production Record
DirectorRichard Brooks
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,157
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