The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

6.3 / Rating 1h 33m 1971

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.

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The Pursuit of Happiness is a 1971 American drama film about a student who goes on the run to avoid serving his full prison sentence for vehicular manslaughter. The film was directed by Robert Mulligan. The producer was David Susskind and the associate producer Alan Shayne. The movie was based on the novel by Thomas Rogers, with a screenplay written by Jon Boothe and George L. Sherman.

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