Switching Channels (1988)
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The 1920s-era play The Front Page was about a Chicago reporter who wants to retire and get married but is tricked by his editor into doing one last story -- which proves to be complicated. It was made into a classic film in 1931 and inspired the 1940 hit movie His Girl Friday, in which the reporter was changed into a woman. Billy Wilder also remade the original film in 1974. Switching Channels is a 1988 remake of His Girl Friday, with Kathleen Turner in the starring role, which has now morphed
Mar 4, 1988 Wide
Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Cast
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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 -
Barry Flatman
Zaks -
Ted Simonett
Tillinger -
Anthony Sherwood
Carvalho -
Joe Silver
Morosini -
Charles Kimbrough
Governor -
Philip Akin
Guard -
Jason Blicker
Sound Man -
Ida Carnevali
Poor "Yuppie" Mother -
Richard Comar
Governor's Aide -
Warren Davis
Reporter -
Russell Jasper Gordon
Jasper -
Robert Morelli
Waiter -
Monica Parker
Jessica -
Laurie Paton
Reporter -
Bill Randolph
Eric -
Fiona Reid
Pamela Farbrother -
Angelo Rizacos
Ridnitz's Sidekick -
Laura Robinson
Karen Ludlow -
Allan Royal
Obregon -
Tony Rosato
Joker -
Cheryl Wilson
Barbara -
Bill Cotterell
Rusty -
Grant Cowan
Crannock -
John Dee
Old Man in Lobby -
Diane Douglass
Uupper-Class Woman -
Eric Fink
Butler -
Wayne Fleming
Bryce -
Rex Hagon
Reporter -
Judah Katz
Tillinger Sound Man -
Corrine Koslo
Yvonne -
Katya Ladan
Reporter -
Ray Landry
SNN Anchorperson -
James Loxley
Anchorman -
Philip Malotte
6'8" Cameraman -
Andre Mayers
Jesse -
Arlene Mazerolle
Hotel Receptionist -
Patrick Patterson
Guard -
Jackie Richardson
Abigail -
Chick Roberts
Cop -
Jane Schoettle
Booking Secretary -
Megan Smith
Booking Secretary -
Peter Walachy
Tattooee -
John Welsh
Chaplain -
Jack Duffy
Emil The Waiter -
John S. Davies
Aide -
Noel Gray
Nancy
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All Critics (15) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
Reynolds is charming in an otherwise so-so reworking of His Girl Friday.
Obviously one of the weaker "Front Page" remakes, but still colorful and energetic enough to warrant some faint praise.
Unofficial variant on The Front Page that occasionally works.
Very middling, but still mildly entertaining
A half-way decent updating of His Girl Friday. Half-way.
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