Fantasy Island The Big Switch/The Hooker's Holiday (Season 7, Episode 2)
TV-G
TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

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Fantasy Island

The Big Switch/The Hooker's Holiday (Season 7, Episode 2)

TV-G

TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Fed up with her male-chauvinist husband George, Laura Walters asks Roarke to turn him into a woman to show him what it's like; and call girl Shelley James wants a normal life with true love.

Director

Bob Sweeney

Writers

Anne Collins (written by) (segments: Hooker's Holiday) | Gene Levitt (creator) | Robert Sherman (story) (segments: The Big Switch) (teleplay) (segments: The Big Switch)

Producer

Don Ingalls

Composer

Ron Ramin (music by)

Cinematographer

Emmett Bergholz

Editor

Michael B. Hoggan

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 15, 1983

Release date

Oct 15, 1983 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Ricardo Montalban Mr. Roarke Mr. Roarke See fewer	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Christopher Hewett Lawrence Lawrence See fewer	The Producers (1967)
Melinda Culea Shelley James Shelley James See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Richard Hatch Brad Jacobs Brad Jacobs See fewer	Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Katherine Helmond Laura Walters Laura Walters See fewer	Soap (1977)
Art Metrano Conway Ferguson Conway Ferguson See fewer	Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Vic Tayback George Walters George Walters See fewer	Alice (1976)
Richard Kantor Betty's Boyfriend Betty's Boyfriend See fewer	Finder of Lost Loves (1984)
Winnie Zeliger Betty (as Winnie Gardner) Betty (as Winnie Gardner) See fewer	Storm of the Century! (2023)