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Switching Channels
Switching Channels
(1988)
Released: March 5, 1988
Emily Thompson
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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Comedy
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
Anthony Sherwood
as Carvalho
Joe Silver
as Mordsini
Charles Kimbrough
as The Governor
Allan Royal
as Obregon
Monica Parker
as Jessica
Fiona Reid
as Pamela Farbrother
Laura Robinson
as Karen Ludlow
Tony Rosato
as Joker
Jackie Richardson
as Abigail
Corrine Koslo
as Yvonne
Judah Katz
as Tillinger Sound Man
Jason Blicker
as Sound Man
C.J. Lusby
as Round Card Girl (uncredited)
Jonathan Welsh
as Chaplain
Jack Duffy
as Emil, the Waiter
Rex Hagon
as Reporter
Philip Akin
as Guard
Diana Douglas
as Upper Class Woman
Ray Landry
as SNN Anchor Person
John S. Davies
as Aide
Cast
Comedy
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
Anthony Sherwood
as Carvalho
Joe Silver
as Mordsini
Charles Kimbrough
as The Governor
Allan Royal
as Obregon
Monica Parker
as Jessica
Fiona Reid
as Pamela Farbrother
Laura Robinson
as Karen Ludlow
Tony Rosato
as Joker
Jackie Richardson
as Abigail
Corrine Koslo
as Yvonne
Judah Katz
as Tillinger Sound Man
Jason Blicker
as Sound Man
C.J. Lusby
as Round Card Girl (uncredited)
Jonathan Welsh
as Chaplain
Jack Duffy
as Emil, the Waiter
Rex Hagon
as Reporter
Philip Akin
as Guard
Diana Douglas
as Upper Class Woman
Ray Landry
as SNN Anchor Person
John S. Davies
as Aide
Emily Thompson
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