Dorf on Golf

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Dorf on Golf
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Directed byRoger Beatty
Written by Tim Conway
Produced byTom Egan
StarringTim Conway
Vincent Schiavelli
Michele Smith
CinematographySandra Chandler
Edited byRon Menzies
Ken Laski
Music byBrian Banks
Anthony Marinelli
Production
companies
Longshot Enterprises, Inc.
Distributed by J2 Communications
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
30 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Dorf on Golf is a 1987 comedy short film starring Tim Conway, Vincent Schiavelli and Michele Smith. The film is the first in a series of eight films released by Conway and J2 Communications using the Dorf sporting theme. The film had a total cast of three people.

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Home media

Dorf on Golf was a success on home video. The first three films in the Dorf series had sold 360,000 units by 1989. All were originally priced at $29.95. [1]

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References

  1. "HOME VIDEO : Comedy Tapes Look Like Contenders". Los Angeles Times . 1 September 1989.