The Flamingo Kid
- Release Date
- December 21, 1984
- Director
- Garry Marshall
- Cast
- Matt Dillon , Hector Elizondo , Molly McCarthy , Martha Gehman , Richard Crenna , Jessica Walter
- Runtime
- 100
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Neal Marshall , Garry Marshall , Bo Goldman
- Tagline
- A legend in his own neighborhood.
Summary
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 club where he meets Phil Brody, a successful car dealer who fills Jeffrey's 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.
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