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The Flamingo Kid

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The Flamingo Kid (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 10

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A warm-hearted coming-of-age tale set in the early 1960s. Jeffrey Willis, a working-class kid from Brooklyn, gets a summer job at a glitzy Rockaway beach club. Dazzled by a fast-talking sports car... A warm-hearted coming-of-age tale set in the early 1960s. Jeffrey Willis, a working-class kid from Brooklyn, gets a summer job at a glitzy Rockaway beach club. Dazzled by a fast-talking sports car salesman he meets at the club, the impressionable teenager is tempted to abandon the down-to-earth values of his family for the promise of easy money. [More]

Starring: Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Jessica Walter

Starring: Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Jessica Walter, Fisher Stevens, Janet Jones

Director: Garry Marshall

Director: Garry Marshall
Producer: Michael Phillips
Story: Neal Marshall

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Feb 8, 2000

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  • 4-Color, 4-Page Booklet Includes Liner Notes

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As coming-of-age stories go, this one is an underrated treasure with Dillon and Crenna doing fantastic work.

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Winning comedy about a have-not among the haves.

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