Tuff Turf ( Tough Turf )

Tuff Turf (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Tough Turf
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Fritz Kiersch

Written By:
Greg Collins O'Neill
Murray Michaels

Actors:
James Spader ..... Morgan Hiller
Kim Richards ..... Frankie Croyden
Paul Mones ..... Nick Hauser
Matt Clark ..... Stuart Hiller
Claudette Nevins ..... Page Hiller
Robert Downey Jr. ..... Jimmy Parker
Olivia Barash ..... Ronnie
Panchito Gómez ..... Mickey
Michael Wyle ..... Eddie
Catya Sassoon ..... Feather
Francis X. McCarthy ..... Man at bus stop
Art Evans ..... Security guard
Herb Mitchell ..... Mr. Russell
Ceil Cabot ..... Secretary
Donald Fullilove ..... Howard

Synopsis:

This routine film catalogues what happens to a teen's life when he is wrenched from an easy existence in affluent, East Coast suburbia and dropped into the lean, mean streets of a downscale L.A. suburb. James Spader is Morgan Hiller, displaced with his parents and brother when his father loses some of the wealth to which they were accustomed and the family moves to California. Morgan soon attracts Frankie (Kim Richards), the girlfriend of Nick (Paul Mones), a high school tough who does not appreciate Frankie's change of heart. The antagonism between Morgan and Frankie mounts as they both approach a high-noon showdown. Aside from some musical numbers which seem to have wandered in from another film about teen singers and dancers, the story is compelling and the film is notable for one of the early performances of Robert Downey in a subsidiary role.

At the start of his senior year in high school, Morgan's father has lost his company, so the family moves from Connecticut, where they've been in the yacht club, to an apartment in the San Fernando Valley. Morgan has grown up in the shadow of his high-achieving older brother, and he seems to have a knack for getting into trouble. He also has a stubborn streak, so when he finds himself attracted to Frankie, the girlfriend of the leader of a local gang of youthful thugs, he can't stop himself from pushing her for a relationship. The thug thinks of Frankie as his property and sees the cool, urbane Morgan as dead meat. Is this a struggle to the death?

Teenager Morgan Hiller and his family have become displaced after his father lost some of the wealth to which they had been accustomed. They are then forced to moves to California where Morgan meets Frankie, the girlfriend of Nick, a high school tough who does not appreciate Frankie's sudden change of heart. The antagonism between Morgan and Frankie mounts slowly escallating towards a high-noon showdown.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 07 December, 2010.