Forbidden Nights
Director: Waris Hussein
Genre: Drama
Year: 1990
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Khigh Dheigh, Victor Wong, Melissa Sue Anderson, Robin Shou, Tzi Ma, Melissa Gilbert, Beulah Quo
br>David Henry Hwang (story)
| narrator = | starring = Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Sue Anderson
Robin Shou | music = Lucia Hwong | cinematography = Brian West | editing = Diane Adler
Parkie L. Singh | studio = Tristine Rainer Productions, Warner Brothers | distributor = CBS | released = April 10, 1990 | runtime = 96 minutes | country = USA | language = English | budget = | gross = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} Forbidden 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.
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.
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