Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1963
The Switch (1963 film)
Buy The Switch (1963 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Switch' is a 1963 British crime drama film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall and Conrad Phillips.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115092218/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/364285 BFI.org] 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).
Critical reception
'TV Guide' wrote, "Audiences are likely to check their watches frequently during this lifeless crime thriller."
References
Buy The Switch (1963 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1963