| Flamingo Road | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Screenplay by | Robert Wilder Edmund H. North (additional dialogue) |
| Based on | Flamingo Road 1946 play by Robert Wilder Sally Wilder |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
Production company | Michael Curtiz Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,528,000[1] |
| Box office | $2 million[2] or $2,896,000[1] |
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.[3]
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.
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 29 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
- ^ Flamingo Road at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.