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Dirty Dancing (1987)
Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, Dirty Dancing follows Frances "Baby" Houseman, a young woman on vacation at a summer resort with her family who becomes the unwitting competition partner of one of the resort's dance instructors, Johnny. As Baby and Johnny's relationship deepens over the course of the summer, the disapproval of Baby's family, especially her father, threatens to tear them apart.
Dirty Dancing
Where to Watch
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- Director
- Emile Ardolino
- Release Date
- August 21, 1987
- Studio(s)
- Vestron Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Vestron Pictures
- Cast
- Jennifer Grey , Patrick swayze , Jerry Orbach , Cynthia Rhodes , Jack Weston , Jane Brucker
- Writers
- Eleanor Bergstein
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Budget
- $6 million
Summary
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
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