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… Read more
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The Flamingo Kid
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Movie · Comedy · Drama · PG-13
1984 · 1h 40m · ★ 54% (6.6K)
A legend in his own neighborhood.
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Matt Dillon, Héctor Elizondo, Molly McCarthy
Overview
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
Production
Mercury Productions, Edgewood Productions, 20th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures
Cast
Matt Dillon, Héctor Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman, Richard Crenna, Jessica Walter, Carole Davis, Janet Jones, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens, Bronson Pinchot, Leon, Marisa Tomei, John Turturro, David Paul, Peter Paul, Novella Nelson, Irving Metzman, Frank Campanella, Richard Stahl