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Dirty Dancing

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Dirty Dancing (1987)

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Reviews Counted:655

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Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the... Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend, Penny, is pregnant and has reluctantly decided to get an abortion. This leaves Johnny a solo act -- until Baby agrees to take Penny's place. She has to learn how to dance first, however, and as Johnny teaches her the choreography's sexy, seductive moves, the two fall in love. But Baby's father believes that Johnny is the creep who got Penny pregnant, and he furiously orders Baby to end the relationship. Baby knows that Johnny's innocent -- and with her feisty idealism and his dance talent, the two will prove to Baby's father that their love is worth fighting for. [More]

Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes

Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Kelly Bishop, Lonny Price, Max Cantor, Neal Jones, Miranda Garrison, Garry Goodrow, Wayne Knight

Director: Emile Ardolino

Director: Emile Ardolino
Composer: John Morris
Producer: Linda Gottlieb, Eleanor Bergstein

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