Salsa
“The Dirtiest Dancing Of Them All!”
Fatherless barrio Puerto Rican Rico is a menial car mechanic by day, but lives for the nights, when he dances and dates hot dancing girls, cockily convinced the title of Salsa king in fancy nightclub La Luna's upcoming contest is to be his. He encourages his best friend, courteous gentleman Ken, to date his sister Margarita so he gets a free hand with her flirtatious classmate Lola. The reigning salsa queen Luna's interest in Rico as dance-partner threatens his on-off relationship with Vicki. More jealous trouble follows when Ken and Margarita fall in true love.
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Cast
11 people
Robi Draco Rosa
Rico
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Rodney Harvey
Ken
Known for
My Own Private Idaho
Guncrazy
Magali Alvarado
Rita
Known for
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Miranda Garrison
Luna
Known for
Dirty Dancing
Breaker! Breaker!
Moon Orona
Lola
No other roles listed
Angela Alvarado
Vicki
Known for
Replicas
D-Tox
Loyda Ramos
Mother
Known for
The Rich Man's Wife
Valente Rodriguez
Chuey
Known for
(500) Days of Summer
George Lopez
Daniel Rojo
Orlando
Known for
Revenge
Humberto Ortiz
Beto
Known for
Dollman
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
Carlos Gómez
Kenny's Friends
Also in
Howard the Duck
Miroslava
Boaz Davidson Director · Tomás Benitez Screenplay Shepard Goldman Screenplay
Worldwide gross $8.9M · Budget $6M · United States release July 9, 1988
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,892,589
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Golan-Globus Productions
Production
The Cannon Group
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · July 9, 1988
Theatrical
France
January 22, 1989 · Theatrical
Germany
July 28, 1988 · Theatrical
Thailand
December 10, 1988 · Theatrical
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