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Famed German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder often named this film as one of his ten favorites, praising director Michael Curtiz as "cruelly overlooked". Curtiz was often cited as one of his greatest influences, and the opening scene of this film is "homaged" in the opening of Fassbinder's Fox and His Friends (1975) .
Robert Wilder's 'Flamingo Road' is fictitious tale of a fictional town, Truro, with fictional characters. However, the political activity that is the foundation of this story was and is very real and happens all the time. The wondrous job Wilder does is plot the political actions taken throughout the book.
Flamingo Road: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian. A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.
Mar 14, 2023 · Flamingo Road - Warner Archive Collection Overview - Joan Crawford takes no prisoners as she climbs the social ladder in Flamingo Road, a terrifically entertaining guilty pleasure about an ex-carnival dancer who must fight for respectability after the corrupt town sheriff labels her a pariah. Director Michael Curtiz gives the tawdry material ...
Where to watch Flamingo Road (1949) starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet and directed by Michael Curtiz. A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.
Flamingo Road is a 1949 film noir 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.
