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The Golf Specialist (1930)
At a Florida hotel, absconding miscreant J. Effingham Bellweather goes slapstick golfing with the house detective's flirtatious wife and an incompetent caddy.
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At a Florida hotel, absconding miscreant J. Effingham Bellweather goes slapstick golfing with the house detective's flirtatious wife and an incompetent caddy.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:W.C. Fields
In Theaters:8/22/1930
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Runtime:20 minutes
Studio:RKO Radio Pictures
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