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The Flamingo Kid
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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The Flamingo Kid
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 21, 1984
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
User Score
61%
Original Title
The Flamingo Kid
Production Companies
Mercury Productions, Edgewood Productions, 20th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures
Director
Garry Marshall
Description
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.