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Forbidden Nights is a american film of genre Drama directed by Waris Hussein released in USA on 10 april 1990 with Melissa Gilbert
Forbidden Nights (1990)
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Add to a movie listForbidden Nights is a 1990 television film directed by Waris Hussein. The film is based on the article The Rocky Course of Love in China, written by Judith Shapiro. The film was shot in Hong Kong and stars Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson, who both co-starred in Little House on the Prairie. The film also marked the American debut of Robin Shou, who wouldn't act in another American film, until Mortal Kombat in 1995.
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Set in Red China in 1979, the film focuses on Judith Shapiro, an American teacher who falls in love with Liang Hong, a Chinese radical, trying to bring political reform to his homeland. She puts all her wishes and dreams away to fit into his ideals, but soon, trouble starts to come.Actors
Melissa Gilbert
(Judith Shapiro)
Khigh Dhiegh
(Lu Ming)
Melissa Sue Anderson
(Marie Shapiro)
Robin Shou
(Liang Hong)
Victor Wong
(Ho)
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