Switchback

Name: Switchback
Director: Jeb Stuart
Released: 1997-10-31

1997 film by Jeb Stuart

FilmfilmQ2092528

Released: October 31, 1997
Director: Jeb Stuart
Producer: Keith Samples
, Gale Anne Hurd
Cast: Dennis Quaid
, Danny Glover
, Jared Leto
, Ted Levine
+3 more
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: action film
, crime film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

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Switchback is a 1997 American crime thriller film written and directed by Jeb Stuart in his directorial debut. It stars Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey. An FBI agent tracks his son's kidnapper to Amarillo, Texas, where two lawmen are seeking to use the case in their election bid.

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Director of photography: Oliver Wood
Film editor: Conrad Buff IV
Title: Switchback
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 16 rating certificate id: 79504-a/V
After a work by: J. E. B. Stuart
Narrative location: New Mexico
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/94626
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 32%(January 11, 2026) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 25 critic review
4.8/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Switchback”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Filming location: California

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