| The Happy Road | |
| Director: | Gene Kelly |
| Producer: | Gene Kelly |
| Starring: | Gene Kelly Barbara Laage Brigitte Fossey Bobby Clark Michael Redgrave |
| Music: | Georges Van Parys |
| Cinematography: | Robert Juillard |
| Editing: | Borys Lewin |
| Distributor: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Runtime: | 99 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $575,000[1] |
| Gross: | $950,000 |
The Happy Road is a 1957 French-American comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave and Bobby Clark.[2] The plot involves two runaway students and the efforts of their respective parents to locate them.
Two students (a boy and girl) 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.
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]