Switching Channels

6.1

105 minutes

3/5/1988

Overview

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

Cast List

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
Jack Duffy
as Emil, the Waiter
Warren Davis
as Reporter
Rex Hagon
as Reporter
Philip Akin
as Guard
Patrick Patterson
as Guard
Diana Douglas
as Upper Class Woman
Megan Smith-Harris
as Booking Secretary (as Megan Smith)
Philip Malotte
as 6'8' Cameraman
Chick Roberts
as Cop
James Loxley
as Anchorman
Cheryl Wilson
as SNN Anchor Person (as Cheryl S. Wilson)
Ray Landry
as SNN Anchor Person
John Dee
as Old Man in Lobby
Peter Walachy
as Tattooee
John S. Davies
as Aide
Eric Fink
as Butler
Robert Morelli
as Waiter
Heather Holmberg
as Business Woman (uncredited)
Marlon Sterling Long
as Prison Guard (uncredited)