The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson, a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday life. She feels cheated by an older generation that taught her to settle for nothing less than storybook finales, people who are disillusioned and restless and don't know why, people for whom life holds no easy answers.
Unfortunately the movie The Happy Ending is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Richard Brooks | Director |
| Writing | Richard Brooks | Writer |
| Production | Richard Brooks | Producer |
| Sound | Michel Legrand | Music |
| Editing | George Grenville | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Riggs | Costume Design |
| Directing | Tom Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred C. Blau Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Van Uchelen | Hairstylist |
| Art | Joe LaBella | Property Master |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | William Randall | Sound |
| Sound | Kay Rose | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Harry Warren | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jerry Whittington | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects |
| Camera | Arthur Brooker | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Harry Sundby | Electrician |
| Camera | Ronald Vidor | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Thomas Del Ruth | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Murray Jordan | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Gene Levy | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
