The Switch (1963 film)
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The Switch | |
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Directed by | Peter Maxwell |
Written by | Colin Fraser |
Based on | An original story by Philip Ridgeway |
Produced by | Philip Ridgeway Lance Comfort |
Starring | Anthony Steel Zena Marshall Conrad Phillips |
Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
Edited by | Tom Simpson |
Music by | Eric Spear |
Production company | Philip Ridgeway Productions |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank |
Release date | May 1963 |
Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Switch is a 1963 British crime drama film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall and Conrad Phillips.[1] The screenplay involves a criminal gang that smuggles watches into the country by hiding them in a petrol tank of a woman's car. It was Susan Shaw's last film.
Plot
Caroline Markham (Zena Marshall) is abducted by a criminal gang because she knows too much. The gang specialise in smuggling wrist watches into the country. Customs official Bill Craddock (Anthony Steel) attempts to rescue Caroline.
Cast
- Anthony Steel as Bill Craddock
- Zena Marshall as Caroline Markham
- Conrad Phillips as John Curry
- Dermot Walsh as Inspector Tomlinson
- Susan Shaw as Search Officer
- Dawn Beret as Janice Lampton
- Jerry Desmonde as Customs Chief
- Arnold Diamond as Jean Lecraze
- Raymond Smith as Mandreos
- Tom Bowman as Polovski
- Arthur Ludgrove as Harry Lewis
- Gordon Boyd as Jack Knighton
- Ken Goodlet as Read
- Rose Alba as Bill's Secretary
- Anthony Parker as Police Inspector
- Desmond Cullum-Jones as Merrall
- Jimmy Hanley as Himself
Production
It was Steel's first film in Britain in a number of years (he had moved to Rome).[2]
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "Audiences are likely to check their watches frequently during this lifeless crime thriller."[3]
References
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (23 September 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.
- ^ "The Switch".
External links
- The Switch at IMDb
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