The Squeeze (2015)

Directed by

Terry Jastrow

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young golfer wins a local tournament and is drawn into betting on his game. He travels to Las Vegas where a high-stakes scheme puts his life and family in danger.

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What happens

The Squeeze is a 2015 American feature film starring Jeremy Sumpter as Augie, a young golfer who just won the local tournament by 15 strokes and tied and broke the public course record during the tournament, and is seduced by a gambler to play golf for bet money. Everything goes well until he goes to Las Vegas and has his life and his family on the line on a high stake gambling scheme. The film mixes golf with gambling and Christian ethics. The film was based on the real-life events of Keith Flatt. The film was written and directed by Terry Jastrow, a senior producer of many golf tournaments, winner of 7 Emmy Awards and is recognized by his innovations on golf and sports television coverage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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