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Released
1985 · FILM

Tuff Turf

Meet Morgan Hiller. He's a rebel about to become a hero.

Directed by
Runtime
112 min
ActionComedyDrama

Synopsis

Morgan, a new student at a high school in Los Angeles, becomes involved in a rivalry with Nick, a popular student, over Frankie, a talented disco dancer. Morgan expresses himself through singing, adding a unique dimension to the competition for Frankie's attention.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Marc GrossmanShot by Willy KurantScored by Jonathan Elias

Box Office

1985 · Box office

Grossed $9.4M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$9.4M

Worldwide gross$9.4M

Opening weekend: $1.5M 16% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $1.9M20% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 440 theaters

Also known as

  • Love-Fighters - Tuff Turfde

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