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Flamingo Road (1949)
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6 May 1949 (USA)
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A wrong girl for the right side of the tracks.
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Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy finds herself stranded in a southern town ruled by corrupt political boss Titus Semple...
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"You're nothing but a Carny girl!"
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Joan Crawford | ... | Lane Bellamy | |
| Zachary Scott | ... | Fielding Carlisle | |
| Sydney Greenstreet | ... | Sheriff Titus Semple | |
| David Brian | ... | Dan Reynolds | |
| 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 |
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94 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Originally intended as a vehicle for Ann Sheridan, who turned down role played by 'Joan Crawford'.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Sheriff Titus Semple tells Fielding Carlisle to "get over to that girl's house and ask her to marry 'her'", instead of “marry you”.
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Sheriff Titus Semple:
Now me, I never forget anything.
Lane Bellamy: You know sheriff; we had an elephant in our carnival with a memory like that. He went after a keeper that he'd held a grudge against for almost 15 years. Had to be shot. You just wouldn't believe how much trouble it is to dispose of a dead elephant.
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Lane Bellamy: You know sheriff; we had an elephant in our carnival with a memory like that. He went after a keeper that he'd held a grudge against for almost 15 years. Had to be shot. You just wouldn't believe how much trouble it is to dispose of a dead elephant.
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Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV)
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South American Way
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Alas, poor Joan is back to her usual tricks trying to pass herself off as an exotic harem dancer in a traveling circus. I think she's a little too old to be enticing the locals at 45. Perhaps her veil helps hide the years, but I digress. ~Spoilers Approaching!~ Half the movie has poor, struggling Joan trying to earn a descent living but Sydney "Mr. Mean" Greenstreet keeps throwing a monkey wrench in Joan's affairs. First he gets her fired from the local Italian eatery and then follows her to Lute Mae's road house. Pow Shazam, she marries money and moves into a big house where she gets to wear her leftover wardrobe from Mildred Pierce! She's now living the high life, and likes it, but Sheriff Titus just has a grudge against her. He tries to ruin her marriage and then throw her on the next train to "Destination Unknown." Joan fights back and finds Sheriff Titus Semple living it up at Lute Mae's. The confrontation begins! I give this movie four bitch slaps out of five.