Playboy John Carter is implicated in the murder of a blonde from a discotheque and is forced by gangsters into posing for pornographic photographs.Playboy John Carter is implicated in the murder of a blonde from a discotheque and is forced by gangsters into posing for pornographic photographs.Playboy John Carter is implicated in the murder of a blonde from a discotheque and is forced by gangsters into posing for pornographic photographs.
- Sally
- (as Gillie Grant)
- Minor Role
- (as Keith Benedict)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- 2nd Stripper
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe Aston Martin DB6, registration NUV13E, which appears 53 minutes in parked at the block of flats in Brighton, would later be Moon's transport in Walker's film Man of Violence (1970)
- GoofsAt around the 15:40 mark when the assassin shoots the nude woman in the bathroom you can see the reflection of the cameraman in the frame behind him.
- Quotes
Narrator: [introductory narrative] This, as you may or may not know, is London - headquarters of devaluation, socialism, and the permissive society. The people who live here are quite ordinary, clean-living, unostentatious human beings. And this is where the would-be non-conformists shop. This, on the other hand, is where the more knowledgeable shop, live, the more knowledgeable dine. To the uninitiated id, relaxation has a multitude of meanings. And even more of these for the older and more respectable members of our permissive society. Mr John Carter, the central character of the epic you're about to see could, under the circumstances, be described as a misfit. Having reached his prime in the days of rock 'n' roll, now nearing the ripe old age of 30, he's kind of old for Carnaby Street and not quite hard up enough for this. A small chapter in his quiet, mundane life starts here on a warm evening, for December, and in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
- Alternate versionsAn "export" version was released with extra nudity from Gilly Grant.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema (2010)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
John Carter (Sebastian Breaks) is a playboy who meets up with a beautiful blonde lady. The two plan on meeting in her room but when John arrives he finds her dead and before long he is accused of the crime. It doesn't take long for him to realize that the mob was behind the murder and now he must go up against them.
THE BIG SWITCH is an early film from director Pete Walker who is best remembered for a number of horror films that he made in the 1970s. I guess the best way to describe this movie is that it's a low-budget, wannabe James Bond that runs just 68-minutes and features a bit more sleaze than you'd normally expect from a film from this era. Is it a masterpiece? Not at all but it's a mildly entertaining spy picture.
I think the best thing that the film has going for it is the fact that it's just 68-minutes and it goes by rather quickly. Breaks makes for an interesting lead and I thought he added some fun to the picture. The villains are pretty much your standard bad guys but they too are mildly entertaining. Where the film really stands out is with the female nudity, which there is quite a bit of including some full frontal scenes.
THE BIG SWITCH will mainly appeal to fans of the director who want to see what he was doing before the horror pictures. There's nothing overly great about the movie but it was entertaining for what it was.
- Michael_Elliott
- Dec 10, 2017
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- Also known as
- Die Sexparty
- Filming locations
- West Pier, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK(shoot-out on ghost train at end)
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes