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The Happy Road
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Wikipedia article
'The Happy Road' is a 1957 French-American comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave and Bobby Clark. Its plot involves two students (a boy and girl) who escape from their Swiss private school and make for Paris. Their respective parents, an American father and a French mother, together embark on a wide journey around the countryside, getting local police involved in finding them, with many whimsical situations, including riding on a police motorcycle, and encountering military maneuvers and a bicycle race.
Plot
Cast
*Mike Andrews - Gene Kelly
*Suzanne Duval - Barbara Laage
*Danny Andrews - Bobby Clark
*Janine Duval - Brigitte Fossey
*General Medworth - Michael Redgrave
*Doctor Salaise - Roger Trville
*Hlne - Colette Dereal
*Madame Fallire - Maryse Martin
*Motorcycle Officer - Van Doude
*Armbruster - Colin Mann
*The Woodcutter - Alexandre Rignault
*David, Earl of Bardingham - T. Bartlett
*Carpenter - Paul Prboist
Critical reception
Allmovie wrote, "'The Happy Road' tends to bludgeon its audience with whimsy at time," but noted, "Gene Kelly, as always, is charming, and less affected than usual" ; while The New York Times praised the film as "a lively and charming little tale" concluding, "Mr. Kelly rates a good hand for this picture. So does Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer."
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $325,000 in the US and Canada and $625,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $117,000.
See also
* List of American films of 1957
References
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