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Screenplay Andrew Klavan
Director Jan Egleson

A Shock to the System

Tagline: Climbing the corporate ladder can be murder.

Release Date: 1990-03-23

Duration: 91 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Samuel L. Jackson
    Ulysses
  • Will Patton
    Lt. Laker
  • Michael Caine
    Graham Marshall
  • Mike Starr
    Bum #3
  • John Finn
    Motorman
  • Elizabeth McGovern
    Stella Anderson
  • Peter Riegert
    Robert Benham
  • Jenny Wright
    Melanie O'Conner
  • Haviland Morris
    Tara Liston
  • Swoosie Kurtz
    Leslie Marshall

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