Flamingo Road (film)

Flamingo Road
Theatrical release poster
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	Joan Crawford Zachary Scott Sydney Greenstreet David Brian
Cinematography	Ted D. McCord
Edited by	Folmar Blangsted
Music by	Max Steiner
Production company	Michael Curtiz Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	May 6, 1949 (1949-05-06) (United States)
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.