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The Switch

  • 1963
  • 1h 9m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
137
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Zena Marshall in The Switch (1963)
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The villains are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the... Read allThe villains are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.The villains are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.

  • Director
    • Peter Maxwell
  • Writers
    • Philip Ridgeway
    • Colin Fraser
  • Stars
    • Anthony Steel
    • Zena Marshall
    • Conrad Phillips
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    137
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Maxwell
    • Writers
      • Philip Ridgeway
      • Colin Fraser
    • Stars
      • Anthony Steel
      • Zena Marshall
      • Conrad Phillips
    • 14User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Anthony Steel
    Anthony Steel
    • Bill Craddock
    Zena Marshall
    Zena Marshall
    • Carolyn Markham
    Conrad Phillips
    Conrad Phillips
    • John Curry
    Dermot Walsh
    Dermot Walsh
    • Inspector Tomlinson
    Susan Shaw
    Susan Shaw
    • Woman Search Officer
    Dawn Beret
    • Janice Lambton
    Jerry Desmonde
    Jerry Desmonde
    • Chief of Customs
    Arnold Diamond
    Arnold Diamond
    • Jean Lecraze
    Raymond Smith
    • Mandreos
    Tom Bowman
    • Polovsky
    Arthur Lovegrove
    • Harry Lewis
    Gordon Boyd
    • Jack Knighton
    Ken Goodlet
    • Read
    • (as Kenneth Goodlet)
    Rose Alba
    • Bill's Secretary
    Marianne Ridgeway
    • Ray's Secretary
    Anthony Parker
    • Police Inspector
    Desmond Cullum-Jones
    • Merrall
    • (as Desmond Cullum Jones)
    Yvonne Marsh
    • Nurse
    • Director
      • Peter Maxwell
    • Writers
      • Philip Ridgeway
      • Colin Fraser
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    • Trivia
      In one scene, actor Conrad Phillips sits up in bed reading the movie tie-in paperback of Ian Fleming's "Dr. No". This James Bond film released the previous year famously featured "The Switch" co-star Zena Marshall as Miss Taro.
    • Goofs
      Police headquarters in the film appears to be County Hall on the south bank of the Thames, rather than at Scotland Yard directly opposite on the north bank. This is unlikely because County Hall at the time was the headquarters of London County Council.
    • Quotes

      Janice Lambton: Exactly what do you think you're looking for? I told you I'm clean this trip.

      Woman Search Officer: You'll be clean as a whistle when we've finished with you.

    • Connections
      References Dr. No (1962)

    User reviews14

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    6/10

    The last film of Susan Shaw

    She plays the bit part of a search officer. She became a alcoholic on her way to an early death. Anthony Steel is on his own downward path. Even Jimmy Hanley has a beef camcameocameo. This otherwise a fairly standard if entertaining B feature of the type turned out in their dozens until the end of double bT.ills self their dom.
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    • Aug 15, 2022
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    • Release date
      • May 1963 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • The Queen's Walk, South Bank, London, England, UK(a policeman discovers a body in the Thames)
    • Production company
      • Philip Ridgeway Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 9 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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