Girls Gone Hallmark
The Perfect Catch
Girls Gone Hallmark is your go-to Hallmark movie review podcast. This week, co-hosts, Megan and Wendy answer the call to review "The Perfect Catch" starring Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker. This 2017 movie tells the story of a baseball player who returns to his hometown and reconnects with a former flame while learning important life lessons about love, family, and following your dreams. Will this be a home run? Listen and find out.
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"The Perfect Catch" Trailer
About "The Perfect Catch"
"The Perfect Catch" was filmed in British Columbia in March of 2017.
Steven R. Monroe directed "The Perfect Catch." He has 56 directing credits including one of Girls Gone Hallmark favorites "Love to the Rescue." Monroe also directed "Pumpkin Pie Wars," "Caribbean Summer," and "A Winter Getaway."
Hanz Wasserburger gets both story and teleplay credit. He has 16 writing credits and additional Hallmark Channel projects include "I'm Not Ready for Christmas" and "A Novel Romance."
Writing partners Gregg Rossen and Brian Sawyer also get teleplay credit for this film. Together they have 39 writing credits including "3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost," "The Professional Bridesmaid," "The Santa Stakeout" and a number of Crossword Puzzle Mystery movies.
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Nikki DeLoach plays Jessica. We most recently saw Nikki as Professor Ambrose in "True Justice" Family Ties," a movie she also co-wrote. She has a staggering 71 acting credits, which includes 19 Hallmark Channel movies. She and Andrew Walker can be seen in the "Curious Caterer" series.
Andrew Walker plays baseball guy Chase Taylor. Andrew has over 80 acting credits including appearances early in his career on "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." Lately, Walker appears to work almost exclusively with Hallmark. His first appearance on the network was in Debbie Macomber's "Dashing Through the Snow" in 2015 with Meghan Ory.
Chance Hurstfield plays Wesley. Chance is now a 17 year old actor with 26 acting credits. He is most well known for his role as Danny Dixon on "A Million Little Things" where he appeared in 79 episodes. He has also appeared in two other Hallmark movies: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" and "Christmas List."
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Vincent Dangerfield play Brett Thompson. Vincent has no relation to Rodney Dangerfield, but does have 19 acting credits including "A Tale of Two Christmases," "Darrow and Darrow," and "A Gift for Christmas" for Hallmark.
Lisa Durupt plays Nina. We recently saw Nina in "The Irresistible Blueberry Farm." Among her other 70 acting credits, she's been in "Murder She Baked" and the "Hannah Swensen" mystery movies, "Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas" and Netflix's "To All the Boy: Always and Forever."
P. Lynn Johnson plays Lindy. P. Lynn has been a working actress for 36 years and has racked up 120 acting credits with three projects currently in the works. She was in the first "Final Destination" movie, and a number of Hallmark projects like "Finding Father Christmas," Engaging Father Christmas," and "Marrying Father Christmas." Most recently she was in "Magic in Mistletoe" from the 2023 Countdown to Christmas season.
Eric Keenleyside plays Mason. Much like his on-screen wife, Eric has been working for nearly 40 years and has nearly 200 acting credits. Incidentally, he was in "Final Destination 2" and appears in many of the Martha's Vineyard Mysteries for Hallmark.