But at very least it was a starting point for the exploration of relationships between powerful people and family. Too much happened in too short a period of time for it to seem real or have the real impact on the narrative that it might have. Their surroundings were a little too opulent and none of the work they did to get where they were in life was depicted. This is what night-time soaps used to be. There Lane meets wealthy playboy Sam Curtis (John Beck) and because of Semple's fear of him she is able to stay in town. Instead Lane takes a job working for Lute Mae Sanders (Stella Stevens) - owner & main hostess of a cabaret/brothel. Lane returns unexpectedly but not in time to offer objection to Carlyle's marriage to Constance. As a result there is a lot of heartbreak and lamentation communicated between residents in stolen moments. Marriages are arranged to manage social order. Life in Truro County is not disrupted by love for long. FLAMINGO ROAD screen play by Robert Wilder from his novel of the same name directed by Michael Curtiz produced by Jerry Wald for Warner Brothers. Their lives need to be lived a certain way to keep things as they are. ![]() Creator Rita Lakin Stars John Beck Woody Brown Howard Duff See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist Added by 1. Continually Semple must also remind Flamingo Road residents that a price must be paid. Flamingo Road TV Series 19801982 1h IMDb RATING 6.6 /10 437 YOUR RATING Rate Drama Romance The lives and trials of the residents of Truro, Florida. Semple's manipulations enable the wealthy and powerful who live on Flamingo Road - the town's most exclusive neighbourhood, to hold on to what they have. The crooked sheriff Titus Semple (Howard Duff) who is grooming Carlyle, railroads the mysterious Lane out of town. Carlyle, son of a respected judge and fiancé of Constance Weldon (Morgan Fairchild) - daughter of town power baron Claude Weldon (Kevin McCarthy) has a future planned out for him that the wrong kind of woman might jeopardize. She meets deputy sheriff Fielding Carlyle (Mark Harmon) and they begin a fling. ![]() Midway stripper Lane Ballou (Cristina Raines) quits the carnival before it leaves Truro County, Florida.
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