Dirty Dancing (1987)


Jennifer Grey           Baby Houseman
Patrick Swayze          Johnny Castle
Jerry Orbach            Jake Houseman
Cynthia Rhodes          Penny Johnson
Jack Weston             Max Kellerman
Jane Bruckner           Lisa Houseman
Kelly Bishop            Marjorie Houseman
Lonny Price             Neil Kellerman
Max Cantor              Robbie Gould
Charles Honi Coles      Tito Suarez
Neal Jones              Billy Kostecki
Morrow                  Magician
Wayne Knight            Stan
Paula Trueman           Mrs Schumacher
Alvin Myerovich         Mr Schumacher
Miranda Garrison        Vivian Pressman
Garry Goodrow           Moe Pressman

Directed by:            Emile Ardolino
Produced by:            Mitchell Cannold, Steven Reuther, Linda Gottlieb


Its the summer of 1963 and Baby is stuck at the Catskills with her parents. Attempting to make the best of 
the situation, Baby attends the organized classes on merengue dancing and wig demonstration. Suddenly, all 
of that changes when she meets Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor. With Johnny, Baby learns the 
steps to a new dance--a dirty dance--that allows her to discover new strengths and new talents in order to 
define her place in a rapidly changing world. Under the influence of Rhythm and Blues, Baby can now express 
herself and her love for Johnny.

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In the 1960s, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate 
New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to 
college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, 
Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny, a man whose background is vastly different 
from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner 
(Johnny is not the father). She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the 
dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her 
abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who 
with and worse - that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with 
"those people". In the first deliberately willful action of her life, Baby later sneaks out to see Johnny - 
ostensibly to apologize for her father's rudeness - and ends up consummating her relationship with Johnny. A 
jealous fellow vacationer sees Baby sneaking out of Johnny's bungalow the next morning and in an act of 
retribution, tells management that he is responsible for a theft the evening before, knowing he would not 
furnish his real whereabouts. In an act of bravery, Baby states that Johnny is innocent, and alibis him by 
confessing that they were together all night. This revelation causes a huge rift in the family and Baby makes 
an impassioned speech to her angry and bereft father. At the closing night performances, and although he has 
been fired and banned from attending, Johnny returns and takes the stage to tell everyone about the woman whose 
faith in him and whose courage changed his life. They do one final show-stopping dance together. Baby's father 
learns that Johnny was not responsible for his partner's pregnancy and learns to accept that although his 
beloved daughter is transitioning to womanhood, she will always love him.