Flamingo Road
Flamingo Road is a 1949 American film noir drama directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet and David Brian. The screenplay by Robert Wilder was based on a 1946 play written by Wilder and his wife, Sally, which was based on Robert Wilder's 1942 novel of the same name.
Plot
Lane Bellamy is a carnival dancer who tires of the life, decides to quit and effectively strands herself in the small town of Boldon City in the Southern United States. She becomes romantically involved with Fielding Carlisle, a deputy sheriff whose career is controlled by Sheriff Titus Semple, a corrupt political boss who runs the town. Semple dislikes Bellamy and mounts a campaign against her. She has difficulty finding work and is arrested on a trumped-up morality charge. Meanwhile, Carlisle is the political machine's choice for state senator. Pushed by Semple to immerse himself in the perfect political family, Carlisle reluctantly marries his long-time girlfriend, Annabelle Weldon.
Cast
- Alice White
- Dale Robertson
- David Brian
- Douglas Kennedy
- Frank Cady
- Fred Clark
- Fred Kelsey
- Gertrude Michael
- Gladys George
- Iris Adrian
- James Flavin
- Joan Crawford
- John Gallaudet
- Larry J. Blake
- Morgan Farley
- Pierre Watkin
- Sam McDaniel
- Sydney Greenstreet
- Tito Vuolo
- Virginia Huston
- William Bailey
- William Haade
- Zachary Scott
More details
| author | Edmund H. North |
|---|---|
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | Folmar Blangsted |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abandon arrest attorney attorney general deputy sheriff end frame graft happen political family political machine roadhouse rule small town southern united states state senator |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| producer | Jerry Wald |
| productionCompany | Michael Curtiz Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | film noir |