The Big Switch

The Big Switch

The Big Switch

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The Big Switch

1968

1h 17m

4.6(11 votes)

Crime

Overview

Playboy John Carter picks up a woman in a discotheque and takes her home. When she is murdered and he is framed for the crime, he finds himself drawn into a seedy underworld plot.

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19 members

Acting

Sebastian Breaks

John Carter

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Virginia Wetherell

Karen

Virginia Wetherell

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Derek Aylward

Karl Mendez

Derek Aylward

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Jack Allen

Hornsby-Smith

Jack Allen

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Erika Raffael

Samantha

Erika Raffael

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Douglas Blackwell

Bruno Miglio

Douglas Blackwell

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Julie Shaw

Cathy

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Jane Howard

Jane

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Roy Sone

Al

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Nicholas Hawtrey

Gerry

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Brian Weske

Mike

Brian Weske

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Gillian Grant

Sally

Gillian Grant

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Desmond Cullum-Jones

Chief Inspector

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Patrick Allen

The Storyteller (voice)

Patrick Allen

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Lena Ellis

Night Club Girl

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Tracey Yorke

1st Stripper

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Cindy Neal

2nd Stripper

Cindy Neal

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Steve Emerson

2nd Heavy

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Derek Martin

1st Heavy

Derek Martin

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