The Happy Road (1957)
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- Approved
- 1h 39min
- Comedy
- 03 Jul 1957 (Japan)
- Movie
- 2 wins.
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Gene Kelly | ... |
Mike Andrews
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Barbara Laage | ... |
Suzanne Duval
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Michael Redgrave | ... |
Gen. Medworth
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Bobby Clark | ... |
Danny Andrews
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Brigitte Fossey | ... |
Janine Duval
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Roger Tréville | ... |
Dr. Solaise
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Colette Deréal | ... |
Hélène
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Jess Hahn | ... |
MP Sgt. Morgan
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Maryse Martin | ... |
The Mother
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Roger Saget | ... |
Fat man in 4cv
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Van Doude | ... |
French Motorcycle Officer
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Claire Gérard | ... |
Patronne d'hotel in Valval
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Colin Mann | ... |
Armbruster
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Alexandre Rignault | ... |
Woodcutter
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T. Bartlett | ... |
David, Earl of Boardingham (uncredited)
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Charles Bouillaud | ... |
Driver of truck in the ditch (uncredited)
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Christian Brocard | ... |
Workman with statue (uncredited)
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Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... |
Young lover at the Guinguette (uncredited)
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Georges Demas | ... |
Bike racer (uncredited)
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Lucien Desagneaux | ... |
Truck passenger (uncredited)
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Patrick Dewaere | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Jacques Dufilho | ... |
Michel Bertrand (uncredited)
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Paul Faivre | ... |
Customs officer (uncredited)
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Claude Ferna | ... |
Mother of fat man in 4cv (uncredited)
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Émile Genevois | ... |
Station-master (uncredited)
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Corrado Guarducci | ... |
Ottorino Cippolata (uncredited)
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René Hell | ... |
Gendarme (uncredited)
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Keith Jackson | ... |
TV sports announcer (uncredited)
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Harry Locke | ... |
Emerson (uncredited)
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Dominique Maurin | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Yves-Marie Maurin | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Paul Mercey | ... |
Gendarme at the station (uncredited)
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Jacques Moulières | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Léon Pauléon | ... |
Father of fat man in 4cv (uncredited)
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Jimmy Perrys | ... |
Workman washing hands at the fountain (uncredited)
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Paul Préboist | ... |
Carpenter in Andrews' office (uncredited)
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Marcel Pérès | ... |
Garage manager (uncredited)
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Jimmy Urbain | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Directed by
Gene Kelly |
Written by
Arthur Julian | ... | (screenplay) and |
Joe Morheim | ... | (screenplay) (as Joe Morhaim) and |
Harry Kurnitz | ... | (screenplay) |
Arthur Julian | ... | (story) and |
Joe Morheim | ... | (story) (as Joseph Moraian) |
Produced by
Noël Howard | ... | associate producer |
Gene Kelly | ... | producer |
Music by
Georges Van Parys |
Cinematography by
Robert Juillard |
Editing by
Borys Lewin |
Art Direction by
Alexandre Trauner |
Costume Design by
Pierre Balmain | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
Julien Derode | ... | production manager |
Location Management
Christian Ferry | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1957) (France) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1957) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1957) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1957) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro (1957) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- 1ère chaîne ORTF (1973) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Cinema Billancourt (production facilities)
- Perspecta Sound (sound)
- Pierre Balmain (Miss Laage's clothes)
- Westrex Recording System (sound recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
While setting up a business in Paris, American widower Michael Andrews (Gene Kelly) has placed his adolescent son, Danny Andrews (Bobby Clark), in a Swiss boarding school as Mike has no time during this phase of the business set-up to look after Danny on his own. Mike receives distressing news that Danny has run away from the school with another student, Parisienne Janine Duval (Brigitte Fossey). This news does not sit well with either Mike or Janine's divorcée mother, Suzanne Duval (Barbara Laage). Suzanne believes Danny is a delinquent influence on her daughter, while Mike believes Janine is an enabler as non-French speaking Danny could not manage outside the school without some language assistance. They learn from another student that Danny is heading to Paris to show Mike that he is independent enough to live in Paris with Mike, while Janine tagged along because she sees herself as Danny's girl and as she has not seen her mother in some time. As the children have not been gone long and as there is only one road between the school and Paris, Mike and Suzanne, both who took the train to the school, decide to drive back toward Paris together to look for the children. With little to keep them going, Danny and Janine, although having some issues along the way, seem to be able to get help from whoever they meet despite the police on the lookout for them. On the other hand, Mike and Suzanne seem to get into one misadventure after another, fueled largely by a clash of the American versus French cultures, and in one specific incident, a British meatloaf thrown into the mix. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | A happy comic scoot along the French countryside involving an American and a Parisienne who get embroiled in a bicycle race, pique-nique (picnic), NATO, Gendarmerie and in each other - all done delightfully and amusingly. See more » |
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Budget | $500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The company that co-produced is called Kerry, after Gene Kelly's daughter. See more » |
Goofs | At the very beginning, when the boy is running away, he is shown throwing his knotted rope over the railing, and immediately beginning the climb down. The next shot shows him continuing his climb, but now the rope is tied with a big knot on the railing, though he didn't stop to do that. See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in Gene Kelly (1957). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Happy Road See more » |
Quotes |
Mike Andrews:
Your daughter, may I remind you, speaks French. She's getting them in and out of these towns like the Scarlet Pimpernel. See more » |