The Flamingo Kid (1984)

Cast

Marisa Tomei
as Mandy
Fisher Stevens
as Hawk Ganz
Matt Dillon
as Jeffrey Willis
John Turturro
as Ted from Pinky's

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Genres & Description

Comedy Drama Romance

6.2 / 10

Set in Brooklyn, 1963, Jeffrey Willis has just finished high school and isn't quite sure what the future holds. His parents expect him to go to college but he is starting to find his close-knit family stifling. He gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club where he meets Phil Brody, a successful car dealer who fills Jeffrey's head with ideas about how to make his fortune. Phil is everything Jeffrey would like to be - popular, rich and the best gin rummy player the club has ever seen. Jeffrey's coming of age includes a romance with the very pretty Carla Samson, but the shine on Phil Brody's philosophy of life wears off when he uncovers a significant flaw in his character.