Movie
Dirty Dancing
Overview
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-08-21
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Great American Films Limited Partnership, Vestron Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jennifer Grey as Frances "Baby" Houseman
- Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle
- Cynthia Rhodes as Penny Johnson
- Neal Jones as Billy Kostecki
- Jerry Orbach as Dr. Jake Houseman
- Kelly Bishop as Marjorie Houseman
- Jane Brucker as Lisa Houseman
- Max Cantor as Robbie Gould
- Jack Weston as Max Kellerman
- Lonny Price as Neil Kellerman
- Wayne Knight as Stan
- Charles "Honi" Coles as Tito Suarez
Crew
- Emile Ardolino - Director
- Eleanor Bergstein - Writer
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