A
teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The
Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, Baby Houseman (Jennifer Grey)
is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in
the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so this is
expected to be her last summer as a carefree adolescent. However, Baby
doesn't get along with her older sister Lisa (Jane Brucker), and she's bored
to tears by most of the older guests at the resort. However, one night Baby
hears what sounds like a party going on in the employee's dormitory, and she
pokes her head in to discover most of the hotel staff enjoying the sort of
close dancing that would get you kicked out of the Senior Prom in no time
flat. Baby is particularly struck by handsome Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze),
a dancer in the resort's floor show, and falls head over heels in love,
wanting to be near him. When Johnny's dance partner finds herself pregnant
after a fling with one of the waiters, Baby volunteers to learn her steps
and take her place; however, Baby's father Dr. Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach)
will have none of it, convinced that Johnny is a low life and that his
daughter is too young to understand her own feelings. Dirty Dancing was a
surprise box office hit, and the soundtrack album was an even bigger
success, spawning several hit singles and inspiring a top-drawing concert
tour features several of its artists. | Patrick Swayze | Johnny Castle |
| Jennifer Grey | Frances "Baby" Houseman |
| Jerry Orbach | Dr. Jake Houseman |
| Cynthia Rhodes | Penny Johnson |
| Jack Weston | Max Kellerman |
| Jane Brucker | Lisa Houseman |
| Kelly Bishop | Marjorie Houseman |
| Lonny Price | Neil Kellerman |
| Max Cantor | Robbie Gould |
| Charles "Honi" Coles | Tito Suarez |
| Neal Jones | Billy Kostecki |
| Antone Pagan | Staff Kid |
| Dorian Sanchez | Dirty Dancer |
| Paula Trueman | Mrs. Schumacher |
| Jennifer Stahl | Dirty Dancer |
| Tom Connold | Bus Boy |
| Jesus Fuentes | Dirty Dancer |
| Miranda Garrison | Vivian Pressman |
| Tom Drake | |
| Alvin Myerovich | Mr. Schumacher |
| "Cousin Brucie" Morrow | Magician |
| Heather Lee Gerdes | |
| Wayne Knight | Stan |
| Garry Goodrow | Moe Pressman |
Genre/Type - Romance, Musical, Romantic Drama, Coming-of-Age, Musical Drama
Produced by - Vestron
Release - Aug 21, 1987 (USA)
Released by - Vestron
Eunning time - 97 min.
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