Switching Channels (1988) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ted Kotcheff.

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
Cheryl Wilson as SNN Anchor Person
Arlene Mazerolle as Hotel Receptionist
C.J. Lusby 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

Crew

Ben Hecht — Writer
Ted Kotcheff — Director
Charles MacArthur — Writer
Martin Ransohoff — Producer
Jonathan Reynolds — Screenplay
François Protat — Director of Photography
Michel Legrand — Original Music Composer

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