Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
- hotel
- daughter
- dancing
- secret love
- robbery
- sibling relationship
- summer camp
- dancing master
- mambo
- dance performance
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jennifer Grey
Frances "Baby" Houseman
Patrick Swayze
Johnny Castle
Cynthia Rhodes
Penny Johnson
Neal Jones
Billy Kostecki
- Jerry Orbach — Dr. Jake Houseman
- Kelly Bishop — Marjorie Houseman
- Jane Brucker — Lisa Houseman
- Max Cantor — Robbie Gould
- Jack Weston — Max Kellerman
- Lonny Price — Neil Kellerman
- Wayne Knight — Stan
- Charles "Honi" Coles — Tito Suarez
- "Cousin Brucie" Morrow — Magician
- Paula Trueman — Mrs. Sylvia Schumacher
- Alvin Myerovich — Mr. Sidney Schumacher
- Directed
- Emile Ardolino
- Written
- Eleanor Bergstein
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 6,648 ratings
- Studio
- Great American Films Limited Partnership, Vestron Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
