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Lambada is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 16 march 1990 with J. Eddie Peck
Lambada (1990)
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Add to a movie listLambada is a 1990 dramatic film starring J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Adolfo "Shabba-doo" Quinones, Ricky Paull Goldin, Dennis Burkley, and Keene Curtis. Lambada was written and directed by Joel Silberg and choreographed by Shabba-Doo.
The film was released simultaneously with rival film The Forbidden Dance; neither was well received, though Lambada was called "the better of the two".
Synopsis
A Beverly Hills school teacher by day, Kevin Laird (J. Eddie Peck), journeys at night to a warehouse in East L.A, where a group of barrio kids gather to dance the lambada.Actors
J. Eddie Peck
(Kevin 'Blade' Laird)
Melora Hardin
(Sandy Thomas)
Shabba Doo
(Ramone)
Dennis Burkley
(Uncle Big)
Ricky Paull Goldin
(Dean)
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