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.
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Directed by | Gene Kelly |
Written by | Arthur Julian Harry Kurnitz Joe Morhaim |
Produced by | Gene Kelly |
Starring | Gene Kelly Barbara Laage Michael Redgrave Bobby Clark Brigitte Fossey |
Cinematography | Robert Juillard |
Edited by | Borys Lewin |
Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $575,000[1] |
Box office | $950,000[1] |
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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]
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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