The Flamingo Kid

"A legend in his own neighborhood."

Dec 21 1984 PG-13 1h 40m
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.

Plot

In 1963 Brooklyn, 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 his 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.

Written by

Neal Marshall, Garry Marshall

Directed by

Garry Marshall

Cast

Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Mercury Productions, Edgewood Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

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Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
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