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The Flamingo Kid
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The Flamingo Kid

1984-12-21 · 100 min · ★ 6.0

Comedy · Drama · Romance

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.

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Directors
Garry Marshall
Production companies
Mercury Productions, Edgewood Productions, 20th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Matt DillonMatt DillonJeffrey Willis
Héctor ElizondoHéctor ElizondoArthur Willis
Molly McCarthyMolly McCarthyRuth Willis
Martha GehmanMartha GehmanNikki Willis
Richard CrennaRichard CrennaPhil Brody
Jessica WalterJessica WalterPhyllis Brody
Carole DavisCarole DavisJoyce Brody
Janet JonesJanet JonesCarla Samson
Brian McNamaraBrian McNamaraSteve Dawkins
Fisher StevensFisher StevensHawk Ganz
Bronson PinchotBronson PinchotAlfred Schultz
LeonLeonFortune Smith
Marisa TomeiMarisa TomeiMandy
John TurturroJohn TurturroTed from Pinky's
David PaulTurk (uncredited)
Peter PaulDirk (uncredited)
Novella NelsonNovella NelsonLizzy the Housekeeper
Irving MetzmanIrving MetzmanBig Sid
Frank CampanellaFrank CampanellaColonel Cal Eastland
Richard StahlRichard StahlCharlie Cooper

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