Michael Curtiz Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Flamingo Road

Name: Flamingo Road
Released: 1949-04-30T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 7.0

A wrong girl for the right side of the tracks.

1949 • 94 min • ★ 7.0 (60) • Released

Drama Romance

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

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Original title: Flamingo Road
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: $1,528,000
Revenue: $2,896,000

Reviews & Ratings 1

John Chard

Jun 14, 2015 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Ya can't go wrong in this town if you say Yep to the right people and Nope to the rest. Flamingo Road is directed by Michael Curtiz and adapted to screenplay by Robert Wilder from his own play of the same name (with Sally Wilder). It stars Joan Crawford, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, David Bryan and Gladys George. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Ted D. McCord. When circumstance sees Lane Bellamy (Crawford) stuck in Bolden City, she quickly finds herself embroiled in a love affair and involved in a war with political tyrant Sheriff Titus Semple (Greenstreet). The Moody kind always cause trouble. Southern Gothic - cum - politico melodrama with noirish tints, Flamingo Road gets above average due to high tech credits and a superbly nasty turn from Greenstreet. Essentially the pic is about a girl from the other side of the tracks making her way up the social ladder, but she has to lock horns with a nasty piece of work and battle with affairs of the heart. Flamingo - Affluent - Road! It's strong on narrative terms, the screenplay neatly blending the greed of political posers with almost perverse social wiles. Curtiz (Mildred Pierce/The Unsuspected) and McCord (Johnny Belinda/The Breaking Point) keep it brisk and atmospherically moody, while the impressive Greenstreet - all sweaty, ambiguous and devilish, is surrounded by a more than competent cast of supporting players. What of Crawford? Wisely "requesting" that Curtiz be given the director's job, she's compelling and classically committed to the role. It's true to say she is too old for the character, something which her fans are known to hate reading, while both the actors playing her love interests are almost 10 years her junior - which is a bit of a reality stretch for the era. However, such is her acting ability, she gets you on side quickly, with the makers shooting her in soft focus and the writer giving her good work to use off of the page. A strange movie in some ways, but intriguing and sharp and it's never dull. While the quality on show from both sides of the camera is most pleasing. 7/10

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Cast 40

Joan Crawford

Lane Bellamy

Zachary Scott

Fielding Carlisle

Sydney Greenstreet

Sheriff Titus Semple

David Brian

Dan Reynolds

Gladys George

Lute Mae Sanders

Virginia Huston

Annabelle Weldon

Fred Clark

Doc Waterson

Gertrude Michael

Millie

Alice White

Gracie

Sam McDaniel

Boatright

Tito Vuolo

Pete Ladas

Iris Adrian

Blanche - Inmate of Women's Prison (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

Martin (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Tom Coyne (uncredited)

Morgan Farley

Link Niles (uncredited)

Roy Gordon

Senator Flagstedt (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Dale Robertson

Tunis Simms (uncredited)

Pat Gleason

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William Bailey

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Carol Brewster

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Frank Cady

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Steve Carruthers

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William H. O'Brien

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Lina Romay

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Charles Sherlock

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Robert Strange

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Pierre Watkin

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M.A. Bogue

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Tristram Coffin

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Russ Conway

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James Flavin

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John Gallaudet

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William Haade

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Douglas Kennedy

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Mike Lally

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John McGuire

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Sammy McKim

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Garry Owen

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Frank J. Scannell

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Crew 6

Travilla

Costume Design

Edmund H. North

Additional Dialogue

Michael Curtiz

Director

Michael Curtiz

Executive Producer

Jerry Wald

Producer

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

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US Release Dates 2

Apr 28, 1949

Los Angeles, California

NR Premiere

Apr 30, 1949

Theatrical