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The Happy Road is a 1957 French-American comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave and Bobby Clark.[2] 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.

The Happy Road
British quad poster
Directed byGene Kelly
Written byArthur Julian
Harry Kurnitz
Joe Morhaim
Produced byGene Kelly
StarringGene Kelly
Barbara Laage
Michael Redgrave
Bobby Clark
Brigitte Fossey
CinematographyRobert Juillard
Edited byBorys Lewin
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 20, 1957 (1957-06-20)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$575,000[1]
Box office$950,000[1]

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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" ;[3] 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."[4]


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.[1]


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