Dance 'til Dawn
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| Dance 'til Dawn | |
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 Dance 'til Dawn DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Paul Schneider |
| Produced by | Whitney Green |
| Written by | Andrew Guerdat Steven Kreinberg |
| Starring | Christina Applegate Alyssa Milano Brian Bloom Tracey Gold Chris Young Tempestt Bledsoe Matthew Perry |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | October 23, 1988 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Language | English |
Dance 'til Dawn is a 1988 made for television teen movie directed by Paul Schneider.
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[edit] Plot
Shelley Sheridan (Alyssa Milano) and her jock-boyfriend Kevin McCrea (Brian Bloom) are Herbert Hoover High's most popular students. They break up shortly before their senior prom and are forced to find new dates on borrowed time. Everyone assumes Shelley will find a new boyfriend in no time; when she can't, Shelley gets scared. She lies to her friends that she's going to a frat party. She avoids the crowd by visiting the town cinema to watch an old horror movie. There she runs into school geek Dan Lefcourt (Chris Young). Dan is avoiding his father (Alan Thicke), who thinks Dan has a good social status in high school. Ostensibly using him so she won't run into her friends, Shelley soon discovers Dan is a really nice guy.
Jock Kevin has a bet with his friends that he will bring the unpopular Angela Strull (Tracey Gold) to prom. While Angela is delighted with having Kevin as her date, her friend Margaret (Tempestt Bledsoe) doesn't trust it at all. Not only does Kevin have to convince Margaret he is serious, he discovers that Angela's overprotecting pharmacist-father Ed (Kelsey Grammer) - the primary reason for her low social status - is impossible to deal with. He chases the two "lovebirds" all night, eventually getting arrested for his trouble.
Meanwhile, the beautiful but obnoxious Patrice Johnson (Christina Applegate) is confident she'll be named prom queen. To that end, she's arranged for an all-night celebration with her boyfriend Roger (Matthew Perry), whom she is having on a string. Her only competition is Shelley, who isn't there.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Teens
- Brian Bloom - Kevin McCrea
- Alyssa Milano - Shelley Sheridan
- Christina Applegate - Patrice Johnson
- Chris Young - Dan Lefcourt
- Tracey Gold - Angela Strull
- Matthew Perry - Roger
- Tempestt Bledsoe - Margaret
[edit] Parents
- Kelsey Grammer - Ed Strull
- Edie McClurg - Ruth Strull
- Alan Thicke - Jack Lefcourt
- Cliff De Young - Larry Johnson
- Mary Frann - Nancy Johnson
[edit] Others
- Lewis Arquette - Pawnshop Owner
