Flamingo Road (1981)
"The lives and trials of the residents of Truro, Florida."
Overview
Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV movie on May 12, 1980, and as a series on January 6, 1981, after a rebroadcast of the pilot on December 30, 1980. The show is based on the 1949 movie starring Joan Crawford, which is, in turn, based on the novel by Robert Wilder. Flamingo Road was created to compete against CBS's Dallas and Knots Landing, nighttime dramas that were inspired by the daily afternoon soap operas that had been a staple of TV for years. The character of Constance Weldon ranked at #16 on E!'s list of The 50 Most Wicked Women in Primetime.
Top Cast
John Beck
Sam Curtis
Woody Brown
Skipper Weldon
Howard Duff
Titus Semple
Morgan Fairchild
Constance Carlyle
Mark Harmon
Field Carlyle
Kevin McCarthy
Claude Weldon
Cristina Raines
Lane Ballou Curtis
Barbara Rush
Eudora Flowers
Stella Stevens
Lute-Mae Sanders
Peter Donat
Elmo Tyson
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