The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid

A legend in his own neighborhood.

PG-13 1984 · 100 min · ★ 6.0 · 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.

Directed by Garry Marshall · Written by Garry Marshall

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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

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