Dead Solid Perfect

Dec 18, 1988

1h 33m

★ 5.7

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

For the first time, Capital One's The Match will feature male and female golfers competing in a skins format. Four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy will face 11-time LPGA winner Lexi Thompson, rising golf phenom Rose Zhang and 2023 Ryder Cup team member Max Homa in the 12-hole event Monday, February 26, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

5.4

She's in Portland

Jan 16, 2020

Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find Luke's "one that got away."

6.0

Swing Away

Oct 13, 2017

Following a meltdown that leads to a suspension, professional golfer Zoe Papadopoulos travels to her grandparents' village in Greece to escape the harsh spotlight of the international sports world. Between baking bread and eating baklava, she meets and mentors a ten-year-old girl who is determined - against all odds - to become the next golf sensation. Along the way, Zoe rediscovers her Greek heritage, her love of the game, and the hidden strength within herself as she inspires the townspeople in an epic showdown against a greedy American developer.

4.7

Gospel Hill

Feb 9, 2008

Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist. Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the former sheriff who never got to the bottom of the murder. Their paths begin to cross when a development corporation comes to town with plans to raze Julia's historic Gospel Hill.

8.0

Dream Round

Feb 7, 2020

A golfer develops a bond with a sprightly girl and a down-on-her-luck waitress.

5.8

King of the Ants

Jul 28, 2004

A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.

7.3

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Sep 30, 2005

A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

0.0

Tee Party

Jun 20, 2011

Insomniac Strangers in the Night - A crusty old security guard and a long-haul airline pilot meet at an all-night golf driving range. An unlikely friendship ensues.

4.9

A Good Man in Africa

Jul 14, 1994

Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor's opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.

0.0

Pacific Smoking Club

Dec 24, 2021

A group of friends take a trip to a cabin to help their friend Alex process a recent breakup.

7.7

Mother

May 28, 2009

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

7.8

3-Iron

Oct 15, 2004

A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

7.1

Sideways

Oct 22, 2004

Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.

6.1

Tin Cup

Aug 16, 1996

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

6.9

Seve

Jun 27, 2014

Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game.

8.5

June 17th, 1994

Jun 16, 2010

Do you remember where you were on June 17, 1994? Thanks to a wide array of unrelated, coast-to-coast occurrences, this Friday has come to be known for its firsts, lasts, triumphs and tragedy. Arnold Palmer played his last round at a U.S. Open, in Oakmont, PA, the FIFA World Cup kicked off in Chicago, the New York Rangers celebrated on Broadway, Patrick Ewing desperately pursued a long evasive championship in Madison Garden and Donald Fehr stared down the baseball owners. And yet, all of that was a prelude to O.J. Simpson leading America on a slow speed chase in a white Ford Bronco around Los Angeles.

5.6

Banning

Dec 13, 1967

A playboy golf pro, kicked off the circuit for alleged cheating, is forced to hustle for a living.

5.8

Lobby

Apr 2, 2025

A CEO of a small tech company, Chang-wook, must win billions worth bid for National EV charger project against Gwang-woo, an ex-business partner who has thrived with lobbying after stealing Chang-wook's original technology. Discovering Gwang-woo's secret connection with the decision-maker Minister Cho, he plans his first-ever golf outing to win over the deal. Finally, the golf round day has come, but everything is not the way he planned. Scandal, betrayal and chase in this 18-hole round.