The Forbidden Dance

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The Forbidden Dance
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Greydon Clark
Written by	Roy Langsdon John Platt
Story by	Menahem Golan
Produced by	Richard L. Albert
Starring	Laura Harring Jeff James Sid Haig Richard Lynch
Cinematography	R. Michael Stringer
Edited by	Robert Edwards Barry Seybert Earl Watson
Music by	Vladimir Horunzhy
Production company	21st Century Film Corporation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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]