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The Lifeswappers

197650mMovieDrama

Who would you be if you could choose? Princess Anne? Linda Lovelace? The Prime Minister? Since things are already so bad for Trevor – rotten job, bitchy wife – he decides to answer a "life-swapping" ad in the local paper. But once the swapping starts, who knows where it could end?

DirectorJim Goddard
WriterRoger McGough

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Cast · Directed by Jim Goddard

SGSheila Gish
Sheila Gish
Dinah/Miss Trevor
AD
Anthony Douse
Trevor/Miss Trevor/Bunny
PEPeter Egan
Peter Egan
Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
DBDonald Burton
Donald Burton
Mr Nigel
MMMiriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam/Miss Babberton

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The Lifeswappers — streaming FAQ

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The Lifeswappers hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 31, 1976. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.