Switching Channels

March. 05,1988      PG
Rating:
5.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

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

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