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A Shock to the System

Climbing the corporate ladder can be murder.

6.4 average rating
6.4
English / 91 MIN. / 1990

The Genres

The Synopsis

Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.

The Cast

Michael CaineElizabeth McGovernPeter RiegertSwoosie KurtzWill PattonJenny WrightJohn McMartinBarbara BaxleyHaviland MorrisPhilip MoonKent BroadhurstZach GrenierDavid SchrammSam SchachtChristopher DurangMia DillonAlice HainingPatience MooreDarrell WilksScotty BlochKim StauntonAlicia HogeMike CicchettiRick PetrucelliVictor TruroRik ColittiMike StarrMiguel PérezJohn FinnTyrone JacksonMarie SylviaSamuel L. JacksonJonathan FreemanElizabeth MoranJoe ZaloomSocorro SantiagoWelker WhiteFrank FerraraSheila StainbackJim DratfieldFred EphraimGarry GoodrowDavid H. KramerAngela PietropintoCraig SechlerLouise Williams

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