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Flamingo Kid (The)
- Director: Garry Marshall
- Writer: Neal Marshall; Garry Marshall
- Producer: Nick Abdo; Michael Phillips
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Garry Marshall - the all-American comedy director - does the campy comedy all over again.
Dated and forgettable.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Set in Brooklyn, 1963, Jeffrey Willis has just finished high school and isn't quite sure what the future holds. His parents expect him to go to college but he is starting to find his close-knit family stifling. He gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club where he meets Phil Brody, a successful car dealer who fills Jeffrey's head with ideas about how to make his fortune. Phil is everything Jeffrey would like to be - popular, rich and the best gin rummy player the club has ever seen. Jeffrey's coming of age includes a romance with the very pretty Carla Samson, but the shine on Phil Brody's philosophy of life wears off when he uncovers a significant flaw in his character.
Cast & Characters
Matt Dillon as Jeffrey Willis;
Hector Elizondo as Arthur Willis;
Molly McCarthy as Ruth Willis;
Martha Gehman as Nikki Willis;
Richard Crenna as Phil Brody;
Jessica Walter as Phyllis Brody;
Carole Davis as Joyce Brody;
Janet Jones as Carla Samson;
Brian McNamara as Steve Dawkins;
Fisher Stevens as Hawk Ganz;
Leon as Fortune Smith;
Bronson Pinchot as Alfred Schultz;
Frank Campanella as Colonel Cal Eastland;
Richard Stahl as Charlie Cooper;
Joe Grifasi as Mario Minetta