Switching Channels (1988)
Comedy/Crime · 1h 40m · 3/5/1988
Description
Set in 1980's Chicago, in the fast lane of American television news, Switching Channels is a fast-paced comedy revolving around an unlikely love triangle. Burt Reynolds plays Sully, a tenacious news editor, still working at the same station as his ex-wife, Christy (Kathleen Turner). When she announces her plans to leave both the job and the city to marry a wealthy New Yorker (Christopher Reeve), he suddenly realises that he cannot do without her, professionally and personally. So he sets about trying to stop her departure through a series of underhand tricks.
Kathleen Turner
Christy Colleran
Burt Reynolds
John L. Sullivan IV
Christopher Reeve
Blaine Bingham
Ned Beatty
Roy Ridnitz
Henry Gibson
Ike Roscoe
George Newbern
Siegenthaler
Al Waxman
Berger
Ken James
Warden Terwilliger
Barry Flatman
Zaks
Ted Simonett
Tillinger
Anthony Sherwood
Carvalho
Joe Silver
Mordsini
Charles Kimbrough
The Governor
Monica Parker
Jessica
Allan Royal
Obregon
Fiona Reid
Pamela Farbrother
Andre Mayers
Jesse
Bill Randolph
Eric
Richard Comar
Governor's Aide
Grant Cowan
CrannockWayne Fleming
Bryce
Laura Robinson
Karen LudlowAngelo Rizacos
Ridnitz's Sidekick
Tony Rosato
Joker
Jackie Richardson
Abigail
Laurie Paton
ReporterWarren Davis
ReporterKatya Ladan
Reporter
Rex Hagon
Reporter
Philip Akin
GuardPatrick Patterson
GuardJonathan Welsh
ChaplainRussell Gordon
Jasper
Corrine Koslo
Yvonne
Judah Katz
Tillinger Sound Man
Jason Blicker
Sound ManDiane Douglass
Upper Class WomanIda Carnevali
Poor 'Yuppie' MotherNoel Gray
Nancy
Megan Smith
Booking SecretaryJane Schoettle
Booking SecretaryPhilip Malotte
6' 8" CameramanChick Roberts
CopBill Cotterell
RustyJames Loxley
AnchormanCheryl Wilson
SNN Anchor Person (as Cheryl S. Wilson)Ray Landry
SNN Anchor PersonJohn Dee
Old Man in LobbyPeter Walachy
Tattooee
John S. Davies
AideEric Fink
Butler
Jack Duffy
Emil, the WaiterRobert Morelli
Waiter
Arlene Mazerolle
Hotel Receptionist
Marlon Sterling Long
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Ben Hecht
WriterCharles MacArthur
Writer
Jonathan Reynolds
Writer
The Front Page
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A Fish Called Wanda
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Outrageous Fortune
Mr. Mom
Funny Farm
Clean and Sober
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City Slickers
Soapdish
The Paper
Up Close & Personal
One Fine Day
Wag the Dog
Switching Channels
(DVD)
5/3/2011
