The Swap and How They Make It

May 26, 1966

1h 42m

★ 3.2

A Realistic And Shocking Approach To Adultery

Overview

Two bored suburban housewives, neglected by their workaholic husbands, take on a couple of college kids for kicks, then decide to join a wife-swapping club. Complications arise when love, jealousy and resentment arise.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

General Studios

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Cast

Mona Parsons

Patricia McNair

Karen Picard

Sheila Britt

Les Parsons

George Wolfe

Wayne Picard

Louis Waldon

Brooke Furman

Monica Davis

Kathy

Joanna Mills

Penny Craig

Crystal Snow

Pete Furman

Todd Moore

Stella Morse

Peggy Steffans

Danny Morse

Frank Spencer

Morgan Hackett

Rick Sheldon

Gene Hackett

Carol Holleck

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