Tuff Turf
- Director: Fritz Kiersch
- Writer: Greg Collins O'Neill; Murray Michaels
- Producer: Donald P. Borchers; Pat Kehoe
CGiii Comment
It is NOT homoerotic...despite what IMDb says...
It is a badly directed, appallingly acted...an ugly piece of 80s incompetence.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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?
Cast & Characters
James Spader as Morgan Hiller;
Kim Richards as Frankie Croyden;
Paul Mones as Nick Hauser;
Matt Clark as Stuart Hiller;
Claudette Nevins as Page Hiller;
Robert Downey Jr. as Jimmy Parker;
Olivia Barash as Ronnie;
Panchito Gomez as Mickey;
Michael Wyle as Eddie;
Catya Sassoon as Feather;
Francis X. McCarthy as Man at bus stop;
Art Evans as Security guard;
Herb Mitchell as Mr. Russell;
Ceil Cabot as Secretary;
Donald Fullilove as Howard