The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)

Name: The Pursuit of Happiness
Director: Robert Mulligan
Released: 1971-02-23
Rating: 5.786
Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Ruth White, E.G. Marshall

Drama

93 min

Plot Summary

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.