Switching Channels
There's a lot more going on around here than news, weather, and sports.
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
- 6.1
- 1988
- Released
- 1h 45m
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
ObregonAndre Mayers
JesseBill Randolph
Eric
Monica Parker
Jessica
Fiona Reid
Pamela Farbrother
Laura Robinson
Karen LudlowAngelo Rizacos
Ridnitz's Sidekick
Tony Rosato
Joker
Jackie Richardson
AbigailLaurie Paton
ReporterKatya Ladan
Reporter
Corrine Koslo
Yvonne
Judah Katz
Tillinger Sound Man
Jason Blicker
Sound ManDiane Douglass
Upper Class WomanNoel Gray
NancyJane Schoettle
Booking SecretaryIda Carnevali
Poor 'Yuppie' MotherCheryl Wilson
SNN Anchor PersonArlene Mazerolle
Hotel ReceptionistRichard Comar
Governor's AideGrant Cowan
CrannockWayne Fleming
Bryce
Jonathan Welsh
ChaplainBill Cotterell
Rusty
Jack Duffy
Emil, the WaiterWarren Davis
Reporter
Rex Hagon
Reporter
Philip Akin
GuardPatrick Patterson
Guard
Diana Douglas
Upper Class WomanPhilip Malotte
6'8' CameramanChick Roberts
CopJames 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
ButlerRobert Morelli
WaiterHeather Holmberg
Business Woman (uncredited)Marlon Sterling Long
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Released
en
$18,000,000.00
$9,129,999.00
- #ex-husband ex-wife relationship
Reviews
"Switching Channels" endeavours to recreate the sparkling and quick witted energy of the classic fast paced screwball comedies that dominated cinemas for years and in this respect it is considerably successful in doing so. The pace never slows down and it is very entertaining when the whole film takes an unexpected turn after Ike Roscoe engineers his escape from the electric chair and there is ple