Vinnie gets out of jail after serving 10 years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother - played by a young Robert de Niro.Vinnie gets out of jail after serving 10 years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother - played by a young Robert de Niro.Vinnie gets out of jail after serving 10 years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother - played by a young Robert de Niro.
Jarred Mickey
- Andrew Moore
- (as Jerry Micky)
Matt Greene
- Marge's Assistant
- (as Matthew Greene)
Robert De Niro
- Sam Nicoletti (1969 scenes)
- (archive footage)
Jennifer Warren
- Erica Moore (1969 scenes)
- (archive footage)
Terrayne Crawford
- Carole Moore (1969 scenes)
- (archive footage)
Martin J. Kelley
- Mitch Negroni (1969 scenes)
- (archive footage)
- (as Martin Kelley)
Jack Slater
- Party Guest
- (archive footage)
Phyllis Black
- Marge Negroni
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Viva
- Girl With the Hourglass
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAll the scenes with Robert De Niro are re-used shots and out-takes from Leondopoulos' first feature film, Sam's Song, used without De Niro's knowledge or permission. Reportedly De Niro was so angered by the release of The Swap that he wanted to take legal action against the film's production company, Cannon.
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Vito Nicoletti: I pray to God, there is a God.
- Alternate versionsThe original Vestron Video VHS, as well as some later public domain VHS/DVD releases, feature an edited-for-TV print that removes the sex and nudity.
- ConnectionsEdited from Sam's Song (1969)
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About what you'd expect from a cheapo film that exploits a few small clips from an earlier bad film.
One of Robert De Niro's earliest films was a bad and forgettable film called "Sam's Song". A decade after its release, some unscrupulous boobs decided to integrate a few tiny clips of him from this film into a new film in order to capitalize on his recent successes such as "The Godfather" films as well as "Taxi Driver". And, to further exploit his fame, they gave him top billing even though he's barely in "The Swap" at all! Apart from the intro and a few tiny clips used here and there, he isn't even in the film!
As for the plot, it is also a rip-off. Clearly it's a reworking of the excellent Michael Caine film, "Get Carter". In both, a guy is in prison when his younger brother is killed--and he's determined to find and punish those responsible. Caine's film is a classic--this other version features wooden acting, terrible editing of the old and new film footage and almost zero energy. Overall, it's an awful little film that is better forgotten.
As for the plot, it is also a rip-off. Clearly it's a reworking of the excellent Michael Caine film, "Get Carter". In both, a guy is in prison when his younger brother is killed--and he's determined to find and punish those responsible. Caine's film is a classic--this other version features wooden acting, terrible editing of the old and new film footage and almost zero energy. Overall, it's an awful little film that is better forgotten.
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