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Flamingo Road 1949 3 stars

    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian, Gladys George, Fred Clark, Gertrude Michael, Virginia Huston, Alice White, Tristram Coffin, Sam McDaniel, Tito Vuolo, Iris Adrian, Pierre Watkin, James Flavin

  Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford) is stranded in a small, Florida town where she gets a job as a waitress. She falls in love with Deputy Sheriff Fielding Carlisle (Zachary Scott), but Sheriff Titus Semple (Sidney Greenstreet), who will have none of their romance, frames Lane on a prostitution charge and sends her to jail. Later, after being released from prison, Lane returns to town and seeks revenge against the sheriff–an act that will bring death or destruction to all.

Flamingo Road 1980 2 stars

    TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Cristina Rains, John Beck, Howard Duff, Morgan Fairchild, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara Rush, Mark Harmon, Stella Stevens, Mason Adams

  This remake of Joan Crawford's 1949 film became the basis for a TV series. This time around Christina Raines stars as the dancer who ends up in a Florida town–the object of romance and gossip.

Flamingo Road (1949)

Michael Curtiz

Oscar: Best Director for Casablanca (1943)

Joan Crawford

Oscar: Best Actress for Mildred Pierce (1945)

Flamingo Road (1980)

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