Flamingo Road

Director: Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz

Overview

In this melodrama, deputy Fielding Carlisle (Zachary Scott) and politician Dan Reynolds (David Brian) fall for bewitching sideshow dancer Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford) when her carnival makes a stop in their small southern town. However, corruption and jealousy in the local political scene threaten to destroy Lane's dream of happiness.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/28/2017
UPC:	0888574474782
Original Release:	1949
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	21,792

Special Features

Featurette Crawford at Warners; Classic cartoon Curtain Razor; Audio-only bonus: radio adaptation with the film's stars; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joan Crawford	Lane Bellamy
David Brian	Dan Reynolds
Sydney Greenstreet	Titus Semple
Zachary Scott	Fielding Carlisle
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
Dick Ryan	Barker
Pat Gleason	Barker
Dale Robertson	Tunis Simms
Iris Adrian	Blanche
Carol Brewster	Waitress
Sunny Knight	Waitress
Lester Kimmel	Lawyer
Frank Scannell	Man
Sammy McKim	Bellboy
Pierre Watkin	Senator
Tris Coffin	Ed Parker
Max Steiner	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Wilder

Michael Curtiz	Director
Robert Wilder	Screenwriter,Playwright,Playwright
Jerry Wald	Producer

Editorial Reviews

If you can get past the idea of a fortysomething Joan Crawford playing a carnival kooch dancer, Flamingo Road is a fine, if somewhat humid, soap opera. Like she had in Mildred Pierce (1945), Crawford portrays the ambitious girl from the wrong side of the tracks, a part she could play to perfection by 1949 -- if, that is, the audience is willing to suspend a bit of disbelief. Warner Bros. did what they could to make the obvious age problem less so, hence the appearance of fellow "old-timers" Gertrude Michael and Alice White as Joan's co-workers, but it still strains credulity when Crawford, as one of "the sultan's favorite" belly dancers, attempts to wow 'em on the midway. Crawford isn't the whole show, of course, there is also: Sidney Greenstreet, a fat spider spinning his corrupt web all over town; Zachary Scott, playing the same weak-willed schlemiel he did in Mildred Pierce; and David Brian, a good actor who could hold his own and often did against powerful dames like Joan and Bette Davis.