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 | 4.902 |
Directed By
Ted Kotcheff
Crew
Ben Hecht
Ted Kotcheff
Charles MacArthur
Shelley Cook
Lynn Stalmaster
Martin Ransohoff
Jonathan Reynolds
Rose Marie McSherry
Mark S. Freeborn
Thom Noble
Charles Dunlop
Anne Pritchard
Dwayne McLean
Mary E. McLeod
Don Carmody
John Laning
Steve Danyluk
Dave Sheridan
Ed Hanna
Gustave Meunier
Wayne Griffin
Joyce Kozy King
Andy Chmura
Thom Ryan
Richard Cadger
Deborah Zwicker
François Protat
Jim Kaufman
Blair Roth
Janet Spiegel
Diana Ladyshewsky
Teresa Robinson
Patricia A. Galvin
Katherine Southern
Don Miloyevich
Susanna David
Tony Parkins
Robin Leigh
Steve Switzer
Jane Tattersall
Kim W. Chow
Joan E. Chapman
Susan Maggi
Frances Semple
Donna Powell
Peter McBurnie
Ray Boyle
Chris Helcermanas-Benge
Bruce Macaulay
Reet Puhm
Gail Filman
Peter Ransohoff
Stephen Andrzejewski
Tristan Tondino
Stacey Coker
Cindy Burden
David R. Beecroft
Michel Legrand
Philip Leto
Daniel R. Bradette
Michael Kohne
Larry Engelmann
Jim Mathews
Michael Rea
Peter Lavender
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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