The Switch

The Switch is a 1963 British crime drama film directed by Peter Maxwell, and starring Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall and Conrad Phillips. 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. Plot Caroline Markham (Zena Marshall) is abducted by a criminal gang because she knows too much. The gang specialises in smuggling wrist watches into the UK. Bill Craddock (Anthony Steel), a customs officer, 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 Yvonne Marsh as Nurse Jimmy Hanley as himself