Switching Channels (1988)
Overview
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $18,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $9,129,999.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.116 |
Directed By
Ted Kotcheff
Crew
Ted Kotcheff
Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Shelley Cook
Jonathan Reynolds
Dwayne McLean
Charles Dunlop
Mary E. McLeod
Mark S. Freeborn
Rose Marie McSherry
Anne Pritchard
Lynn Stalmaster
Thom Noble
Don Carmody
Martin Ransohoff
Michel Legrand
François Protat
David R. Beecroft
Diana Ladyshewsky
Philip Leto
Teresa Robinson
Katherine Southern
Joyce Kozy King
Stephen Andrzejewski
Jim Kaufman
Blair Roth
Janet Spiegel
Daniel R. Bradette
Ed Hanna
Gustave Meunier
Don Miloyevich
Tony Parkins
Reet Puhm
Frances Semple
Tristan Tondino
Richard Cadger
Wayne Griffin
John Laning
Robin Leigh
Peter McBurnie
Donna Powell
Michael Rea
Steve Switzer
Jane Tattersall
Ray Boyle
Andy Chmura
Steve Danyluk
Chris Helcermanas-Benge
Michael Kohne
Bruce Macaulay
Thom Ryan
Dave Sheridan
Peter Lavender
Kim W. Chow
Stacey Coker
Gail Filman
Joan E. Chapman
Larry Engelmann
Patricia A. Galvin
Susan Maggi
Peter Ransohoff
Susanna David
Cindy Burden
Jim Mathews
Deborah Zwicker
TOP CAST
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
Allan Royal
Obregon
Andre Mayers
Jesse
Bill Randolph
Eric
Monica Parker
Jessica
Fiona Reid
Pamela Farbrother
Laura Robinson
Karen Ludlow
Angelo Rizacos
Ridnitz's Sidekick
Tony Rosato
Joker
Jackie Richardson
Abigail
Laurie Paton
Reporter
Katya Ladan
Reporter
Corrine Koslo
Yvonne
Judah Katz
Tillinger Sound Man
Jason Blicker
Sound Man
Diane Douglass
Upper Class Woman
Noel Gray
Nancy
Jane Schoettle
Booking Secretary
Ida Carnevali
Poor 'Yuppie' Mother
Megan Smith-Harris
Booking Secretary
Cheryl Wilson
SNN Anchor Person
Arlene Mazerolle
Hotel Receptionist
C.J. Lusby
Round Card Girl (uncredited)
Richard Comar
Governor's Aide
Grant Cowan
Crannock
Wayne Fleming
Bryce
Jonathan Welsh
Chaplain
Bill Cotterell
Rusty
Jack Duffy
Emil, the Waiter
Warren Davis
Reporter
Rex Hagon
Reporter
Philip Akin
Guard
Patrick Patterson
Guard
Diana Douglas
Upper Class Woman
Megan Smith-Harris
Booking Secretary (as Megan Smith)
Philip Malotte
6'8' Cameraman
Chick Roberts
Cop
James Loxley
Anchorman
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