Certain Fury
Nothing's Black or White when you're fighting for your life!
1985 | 87m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
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| Writer: | Michael Jacobs |
| Staring: |
| Teenage prostitute Scarlet and minor offender Tracy end up on the run together in the wake of a courtroom shoot-out. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 01, 1985 |
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| Director: | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
| Writer: | Michael Jacobs |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Drama |
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| Production Companies | Prize Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,400,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tatum O'Neal | Scarlet |
| Irene Cara | Tracy |
| Nicholas Campbell | Sniffer |
| George Murdock | Lt. Speier |
| Moses Gunn | Dr. Freeman |
| Peter Fonda | Rodney |
| Rodney Gage | Superman |
| Frank C. Turner | Dimitri |
| Campbell Lane | Wino |
| Angie Tavahan | Junkie |
| Sharon Schaffer | Gisella |
| Dawnlea Tate | Crystal |
| Gene Hartline | Ignatius |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Jacobs | Screenplay |
| George Massenburg | Music |
| Kees Van Oostrum | Director of Photography |
| Bill Mizel | Second Assistant Director |
| Marc Rogers | Gaffer |
| Sally Dennison | Casting |
| Dean Lockwood | Special Effects |
| Bill Stewart | Stunts |
| Carolle Alain | First Assistant Editor |
| Bill Payne | Music |
| Beala Neel | Production Design |
| Martin Walters | First Assistant Director |
| Bill Ferguson | Stunts |
| Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunt Double |
| Greg Walker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Stephen Gyllenhaal | Director |
| Todd C. Ramsay | Editor |
| J.J. Makaro | Stunts |
| Conrad E. Palmisano | Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator |
| Russ Kunkel | Music |
| Gary C. Bourgeois | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Alex Green | Stunts |
| Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Ken Kirzinger | Stunts |
| George Josef | Stunts |
| Tony Morelli | Stunts |
| Sharon Schaffer | Stunt Double |
| Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Vanger | Executive Producer |
| Gilbert Adler | Producer |
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**_Two fugitive girls’ odyssey into the sleazy underbelly of a city_** Shot in early summer, 1984, “Certain Fury” is an urban crime drama/thriller, released the next year, that combines the basic plot of “The Defiant Ones” with elements of later movies, like “Switchblade Sisters” and “The Warrior ... s.” Relatively realistic, it has superior actors to “Switchblade Sisters” and lacks the surrealness of “Warriors,” yet it’s not as compelling as either and opts for wallowing in the seedy side of the Big City. But I liked the long sewer sequence, the nod to hellish perdition, and the somewhat moving climax. Tatum O'Neal is effective as the streetwise sex worker, neck-deep into drugs, while Irene Cara’s character is more winsome and naïve. Cara was known for playing Coco in “Fame” and as the singer of “Flashdance... What a Feeling.” Neither of them went on to a notable acting career. It runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, and was shot in Vancouver. GRADE: B-/C+