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The Pursuit of Happiness

(1971)

February 23, 1971 1h 33m
57%
TMDB Score

Overview

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.

Robert Mulligan

Director

Top Billed Cast

MS

Michael Sarrazin

William Popper

BH

Barbara Hershey

Jane Kauffman

AH

Arthur Hill

John Popper

RW

Ruth White

Mrs. Popper

EM

E.G. Marshall

Daniel Lawrence

RK

Robert Klein

Melvin Lasher

ST

Sada Thompson

Ruth Lawrence

DD

David Doyle

James Moran

BH

Barnard Hughes

Judge Vogel

PW

Peter White

Terence Lawrence