The Switch (1963)
A wristwatch-smuggling gang bring watches into the country in a car's petrol tank. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.
- Date of release
- 1963-05-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Peter Maxwell
Casting
- Anthony Steel — Bill Craddock
- Zena Marshall — Caroline Markham
- Conrad Phillips — John Curry
- Dermot Walsh — Inspector Tomlinson
- Susan Shaw — Search Officer
- Dawn Beret — Janice Lampton
- Arnold Diamond — Jean Lecraze
- Jerry Desmonde — Customs Chief
- Gordon Boyd — Jack knighton
- Arthur Lovegrove — Harry lewis
- Keith Smith — Sergeant Waters
- Raymond Smith — Mandreos
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
The Switch is a 1963 British crime drama film directed by Peter Maxwell, and starring Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall and Conrad Phillips. It was written by Philip Ridgeway and Colin Fraser. The film concerns a criminal gang that smuggles watches into the UK by hiding them in the petrol tank of a woman's car. It was Susan Shaw's last film.
Production
This was Anthony Steel's first film in Britain in a number of years, following his move to Rome.
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