The Big Switch

Apr 1, 1968

1h 17m

★ 4.7

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.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.

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Cast

John Carter

Sebastian Breaks

Karen

Virginia Wetherell

Karl Mendez

Derek Aylward

Hornsby-Smith

Jack Allen

Samantha

Erika Raffael

Bruno Miglio

Douglas Blackwell

Cathy

Julie Shaw

Jane

Jane Howard

Roy Sone

Gerry

Nicholas Hawtrey

Mike

Brian Weske

Sally

Gillian Grant

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