The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 21, 1984

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.

The Flamingo Kid

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 21, 1984

The Flamingo Kid
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers 20th Century Fox, Edgewood Productions, Mercury Productions
Original title The Flamingo Kid
Directors Martha Pinson, Garry Marshall
Writers Garry Marshall

Cast

Matt Dillon

as Jeffrey Willis

Hector Elizondo

as Arthur Willis

Molly McCarthy

as Ruth Willis

Martha Gehman

as Nikki Willis

Richard Crenna

as Phil Brody

Jessica Walter

as Phyllis Brody

Carole Davis

as Joyce Brody

Janet Jones

as Carla Samson

Brian McNamara

as Steve Dawkins

Fisher Stevens

as Hawk Ganz

Bronson Pinchot

as Alfred Schultz

Leon

as Fortune Smith

Marisa Tomei

as Mandy

John Turturro

as Ted from Pinky's

David Paul

as Turk (uncredited)

Peter Paul

as Dirk (uncredited)

Novella Nelson

as Lizzy the Housekeeper

Irving Metzman

as Big Sid

Frank Campanella

as Colonel Cal Eastland

Richard Stahl

as Charlie Cooper

Joe Grifasi

as Mario Minetta