Flamingo Road (1950)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ex-carnival dancer marries a local businessman to get revenge on a corrupt political boss who had her sent to prison. The story involves manipulation and payback in a small town.

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What happens

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. The plot follows an ex-carnival dancer who marries a local businessman to seek revenge on a corrupt political boss who had her railroaded into prison. Some of the more salacious aspects of the novel were downplayed in the film because of the Hollywood Production Code. Robert Wilder, who died in 1974, was later credited as the creator of the American TV series Flamingo Road (1980–1982), which drew elements from both the novel and the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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