Dirty Dancing

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of classic romantic drama; directed by Emile Ardolino from an Eleanor Bergstein script.
• Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey star as the leads.
• Short at about 1 hour 36 minutes, with plenty of dance and music.

Synopsis

Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) while vacationing at a Borscht Belt resort in 1963.

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Director & cast

• E

  Emile Ardolino

  Director

• P

  Patrick Swayze

• J

  Jennifer Grey

• J

  Jerry Orbach

• C

  Cynthia Rhodes

• K

  Kelly Bishop

• J

  Jane Brucker

• J

  Jack Weston

• M

  Max Cantor