The Forbidden Dance

The Forbidden Dance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGreydon Clark
Written byRoy Langsdon
John Platt
Story byMenahem Golan
Produced byRichard L. Albert
Starring
CinematographyR. Michael Stringer
Edited byRobert Edwards
Barry Seybert
Earl Watson
Music byVladimir Horunzhy
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,823,154[1]

The Forbidden Dance (also released as The Forbidden Dance is Lambada) is a 1990 drama film starring former Miss USA Laura Harring. Made to cash in on the Lambada dance craze by Menahem Golan's 21st Century Film Corporation, it opened on the same day (March 16, 1990) as a similarly themed film, Lambada, produced by Golan's former company Cannon Films and his cousin, Yoram Globus.[2]

  1. ^ "The Forbidden Dance".
  2. ^ Gold, Richard (March 14, 1990). "Scambada: dirty dancing all the way to the bank". Variety. p. 1.