Dead Solid Perfect

Dec 18, 1988

1h 33m

★ 6.6

A professional at golf. An amateur at love.

Overview

A second-string pro golfer desperate for his shot at success tours the country.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

HBO

Dead Solid Perfect Trailers

Cast

Kenny Lee

Randy Quaid

Beverly T. Lee

Kathryn Harrold

Hubert 'Bad Hair' Wimberly

Jack Warden

Janie Rimmer

Corinne Bohrer

Donny Smithern

Brett Cullen

Spec

Larry Riley

Katie Beth Smithern

Delane Matthews

Grover Scomer

John M. Jackson

Rita

Bibi Besch

Man

John Durbin

Self

Peter Jacobson

Golf Commentator

Keith Olbermann

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