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The Flamingo Rising is a 2001 dramatic film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame released on television in 2001, and based on the novel The Flamingo Rising written by Larry Baker in 1997. The movie stars Christopher Larkin, William Hurt, Elizabeth McGovern, and Brian Benben. The movie focuses on the feud between a funeral parlor owner and a man who wants to set up a large drive-in theatre across the street from the parlor. Former In the Heat of the Night star Randall Franks returned to CBS, which aired the film, in the cameo role of "Officer Randy Kraft."
Original Release
02/04/2001
US Release
02/04/2001
Cast
Name | Character |
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William Hurt | Turner Knight |
Elizabeth McGovern | Edna Lee |
Brian Benben | Hubert T. Lee |
Angela Bettis | Alice King |
Erin Broderick | Grace Knight |
Olivia Oguma | Louise Janine Lee |
Joe Torry | Pete Moss |
Christopher Larkin | Abraham Jacob Lee |
John Gallagher Jr. | Gary |
Lorie Baker | Polly |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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William Hurt | Turner Knight |
Elizabeth McGovern | Edna Lee |
Brian Benben | Hubert T. Lee |
Angela Bettis | Alice King |
Erin Broderick | Grace Knight |
Olivia Oguma | Louise Janine Lee |
Joe Torry | Pete Moss |
Christopher Larkin | Abraham Jacob Lee |
John Gallagher Jr. | Gary |
Lorie Baker | Polly |
Kurt Smildsin | Fireworks Driver |
Dwayne Holden | West's Son |
Elizabeth Dimon | Nun |
Peggy Sheffield | Mother Superior |
Randall Franks | Officer Randy Kraft |
D. Terrence Morgan | Priest |
Nicolas J. Kimball | Drive Inn Customer |
Oliver Oguma | Korean War Orphan |
JD Polzin | Guy in church |
Elizabeth Ruggiero | Girl at Plane Crash |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Brent Shields | Executive Producer |
Richard Welsh | Executive Producer |
Robert Bennett Steinhauer | Producer |