Grease: Quick Facts

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The female cast of Grease, including Olivia Newton-John as Sandy, sit and stand on bleachers outdoors, wearing 1950s-style skirts and jackets, laughing and cheering together.

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta dance together in a decorated gymnasium during a scene from Grease (1978), with a crowd of people watching in the background.

John Travolta as Danny Zuko leads a dance sequence in front of a red car with the male cast of Grease (1978), all wearing silver outfits, in a brightly lit studio.

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in character as Sandy and Danny from the movie Grease, posing closely together in front of a painted mural.

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