The Flamingo Kid
“A legend in his own neighborhood.”
1984•PG-13•1h 40m•6.0•Released
ComedyDramaRomance
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.
Director
Garry Marshall
Writer
Garry Marshall, Neal Marshall
Languages
English
Studio
Mercury Productions
Cast
Matt Dillon
Jeffrey Willis
Héctor Elizondo
Arthur Willis
Molly McCarthy
Ruth Willis
Martha Gehman
Nikki Willis
Richard Crenna
Phil Brody
Jessica Walter
Phyllis Brody
Carole Davis
Joyce Brody
Janet Jones
Carla Samson
Brian McNamara
Steve Dawkins
Fisher Stevens
Hawk Ganz
Bronson Pinchot
Alfred Schultz
Leon
Fortune Smith
Marisa Tomei
Mandy
John Turturro
Ted from Pinky's
David Paul
Turk (uncredited)
Production
Company
Mercury Productions
Company
Edgewood Productions
Company
20th Century Fox
Company
ABC Motion Pictures
Producer
Michael Phillips
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