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Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard BrooksDirector
- Richard BrooksWriter
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean SimmonsMary Wilson
- John ForsytheFred Wilson
- Shirley JonesFlo Harrigan
- Lloyd BridgesSam
- Teresa WrightMrs. Spencer
- Dick ShawnHarry Bricker
- Nanette FabrayAgnes
- Bobby DarinFranco
- Tina LouiseHelen Bricker
- Kathy FieldsMarge Wilson
- Karen SteeleDivorcee
- Gail HensleyBetty
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Themes
husband wife relationshipdenver, coloradobahamassexual revolutionflashbackdysfunctional marriagenassausexual liberationbored housewife1960sfailed marriagedepressed woman