![]() ![]() However, the political boss (Sidney Greenstreet) can't stand Crawford since she's "from the other side of the tracks" and he has plans for the deputy to enter politics. Tired of life on the road, Joan Crawford stays behind and tries to settle down in this town with the help of the town's deputy sheriff. If you like soap opera and revenge this is the film for you.įLAMINGO ROAD begins with a carnival being run out of town. She's a southern version of the Texas Guinan like character she played in The Roaring Twenties. The best portrayal in the film besides Crawford and Greenstreet goes to Gladys George. Of course Crawford is great as she and new husband and ally David Brian gives her a new found respectability. The characters in Flamingo Road jump right out at you, they really were made for a night time soap opera. She takes a job at a road house run by Gladys George where a lot of the state bigwigs meet and enjoy all forms of pleasurable relaxation. After doing a six month stretch Crawford is understandably wanting vengeance. After Crawford doesn't take Greenstreet's advice and leave town, he has her framed on a prostitution rap. Virginia Huston's the girl he has in mind. Greenstreet has big political plans for Scott which include a proper marriage with some modern version of Melanie Hamilton. Joan's a carnival girl stranded in Greenstreet's town and picked up by Greenstreet's deputy Zachary Scott. Joan Crawford good as she is loses all the joint scenes when she's on the screen with Greenstreet. I would have to say it is my third favorite Greenstreet role, next to The Maltese Falcon and The Hucksters. His southern county sheriff dominates this film. Sydney Greenstreet is one of those larger than life characters in every sense of the word. No wonder it got picked to be the basis for a night time soap opera in the Eighties. But it surely is one of the most entertaining with a few unforgettable characters in the film. Flamingo Road is not the best Joan Crawford film ever done. ![]()
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