Switching Channels

Switching Channels

105 mins | Comedy | March 5, 1988

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Switching Channels

105 mins | Comedy | March 5, 1988

Switching Channels
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers TriStar Pictures
Original title Switching Channels
Directors Janet Spiegel, Blair Roth, Stephen Andrzejewski, Susanna David, Jim Kaufman, Ted Kotcheff
Writers Jonathan Reynolds, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

Cast

Kathleen Turner

as Christy Colleran

Burt Reynolds

as John L. Sullivan IV

Christopher Reeve

as Blaine Bingham

Ned Beatty

as Roy Ridnitz

Henry Gibson

as Ike Roscoe

George Newbern

as Siegenthaler

Al Waxman

as Berger

Ken James

as Warden Terwilliger

Barry Flatman

as Zaks

Ted Simonett

as Tillinger

Anthony Sherwood

as Carvalho

Joe Silver

as Mordsini

Charles Kimbrough

as The Governor

Allan Royal

as Obregon

Andre Mayers

as Jesse

Bill Randolph

as Eric

Monica Parker

as Jessica

Fiona Reid

as Pamela Farbrother

Laura Robinson

as Karen Ludlow

Angelo Rizacos

as Ridnitz's Sidekick

Tony Rosato

as Joker

Jackie Richardson

as Abigail

Laurie Paton

as Reporter

Katya Ladan

as Reporter

Corrine Koslo

as Yvonne

Judah Katz

as Tillinger Sound Man

Jason Blicker

as Sound Man

Diane Douglass

as Upper Class Woman

Noel Gray

as Nancy

Jane Schoettle

as Booking Secretary

Ida Carnevali

as Poor 'Yuppie' Mother

Megan Smith-Harris

as Booking Secretary (as Megan Smith)

Cheryl Wilson

as SNN Anchor Person (as Cheryl S. Wilson)

Arlene Mazerolle

as Hotel Receptionist

C.J. Fidler

as Round Card Girl (uncredited)

Richard Comar

as Governor's Aide

Grant Cowan

as Crannock

Wayne Fleming

as Bryce

Jonathan Welsh

as Chaplain

Bill Cotterell

as Rusty

Jack Duffy

as Emil, the Waiter