Switching Channels
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ted Kotcheff
Jack Duffy
Angelo Rizacos
Ted Simonett
Fiona Reid
Judah Katz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Updated version of Howard Hawks' 1940 film "His Girl Friday" and Lewis Milestone's 1931 film "The Front Page" which were based on the Hecht-MacArthur play "The Front Page." In this version, the story focuses on a career television news anchorwoman, fed up with having no social life, preparing to marry a dull millionaire she met on vacation.
Director
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Ted Kotcheff
Cast
Jack Duffy
Angelo Rizacos
Ted Simonett
Fiona Reid
Judah Katz
John Davies
Wayne Fleming
Katya Ladan
Anthony Sherwood
Warren Davis
Charles Kimbrough
Andre Mayers
Diane Douglass
Laura Robinson
Megan Smith
Ida Carnevali
Monica Parker
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Ned Beatty
Noel Gray
Corrine Koslo
Robert Morelli
John Dee
Philip Malotte
Russell Gordon
Jackie Richardson
Allan Royal
George Newbern
Philip Akin
Barry Flatman
Ray Landry
Jason Blicker
Christopher Reeve
Henry Gibson
Chick Roberts
Peter Walachy
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Kathleen Turner
Richard Comar
Rex Hagon
Tony Rosato
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Burt Reynolds
Laurie Paton
Jonathan Welsh
Bill Cotterell
Cheryl S Wilson
Ken James
Grant Cowan
Al Waxman
James Loxley
Bill Randolph
Eric Fink
Joe Silver
Arlene Mazerolle
Patrick Patterson
Jane Schoettle
Crew
Stuart Aikins
David R Beecroft
Tory Bellingham
Mary Lou Bird
Bernie Blynder
Ray Boyle
Daniel R Bradette
James F Breithaupt
Michael Brownstone
Michael Brownstone
Cindy Burdens
Rick Cadger
Don Carmody
Joan E Chapman
Andy Chmura
Kim Chow
Joyce Clark
Stacey Coker
Rory Cutler
Robert A Daly
Steve Danyluk
Brad Daris
Susanna David
Dick Deangelo
John Denney
Neil Diamond
Charles Dunlop
Larry Engelmann
Ron Erbal
David Evans
Gail Filman
Wayne Fitzgerald
Mark Freeborn
Patricia A Galvin
Dan Garde
Elizabeth Geddes
David Giammarco
James Giovannetti
Robert W Glass
Wayne Griffin
Ed Hanna
Howard Hawks
Ben Hecht
Norm Henderson
Bob Hidgins
Billy Higgins
John Hudecek
Robert A Hudecek
Scott Jacobson
Melissa Jones
Greg Kasper
Jim Kaufman
Joyce King
Michael Kohne
Josi W Konski
Diana Ladyshewsky
John Laing
Richard Lalonde
Robert Lapierre
Peter Lavender
David Lee
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Robin Leigh
Phil Leto
Greg Lundsgaard
Charles Macarthur
Bruce Macaulay
Susan Maggi
Michelle Marx
Jim Mathews
Peter Mcburnie
Mary E. Mcleod
Rose Marie Mcsherry
Gus Meunier
George Miller
Don Moloyevich
Cindy Morton
Cindy Morton
Karen Noble
Thom Noble
Tony Parkins
Donna Powell
Anne Pritchard
Francois Protat
Mystery Song Publishing
Martin Ransohoff
Peter Ransohoff
Michael Rea
Jonathan Reynolds
Teresa Robinson
Blair Roth
Thom Ryan
Tom Schurke
Billy Seckles
David Sheridan
Jeff Simon
Katherine Southern
Janet Spiegel
Steve Switzer
Jane Tattersall
Robert M Thirlwell
Lynn Trout
Matt Tundo
Joe Unsinn
Normand Viaux
Steve Wakefield
Heather Welner
Kim Winther
Deborah Zwicker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video September 28, 1988
Released in United States Spring March 4, 1988
Photographer Tony Gaudio was replaced by Hal Mohr, who was subsequently replaced by Glen McWilliams. None of Gaudio's work was used in the finished film. Herman J. Mankiewicz has a bit part in the film.
Began shooting April 20, 1987.
Completed shooting June 28, 1987.
Released in United States Spring March 4, 1988
Released in United States on Video September 28, 1988