Switching Channels (1988)

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Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Starring (View all)

Kathleen Turner
Christy Colleran

Burt Reynolds
John L. Sullivan IV

Christopher Reeve
Blaine Bingham

Ned Beatty
Roy Ridnitz

Henry Gibson
Ike Roscoe

George Newbern
Siegenthaler

Al Waxman
Berger

Ken James
Warden Terwilliger

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Ben Hecht

Charles MacArthur

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Sullivan (Reynolds) is a cable TV news mogul. He tries to prevent the impending marriage of Colleran (Turner), his best reporter and ex-wife, by keeping her on the job during the critical news coverage of an upcoming execution and prison break.

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" Switching Channels is a 1988 American comedy film remake of the 1928 play The Front Page, the 1931 film of the same name, and the 1940 film His Girl Friday. It stars 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, and George Newbern as Sigenthaler. The film was notorious for its harsh infighting between Reynolds and Turner during filming. The film was a box office failure a"