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Mar 23, 1990 · A Shock to the System: Directed by Jan Egleson. With Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz. When electrocuted by the fuse box at home, Graham gets ideas concerning his nagging wife and the guy, who got Graham's promotion at the office.
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- 1990-03-23
A Shock to the System is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Jan Egleson and starring Michael Caine, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth McGovern, and Peter Riegert. It is based on the 1984 novel A Shock to the System by British author Simon Brett .
Mar 23, 1990 · A dark comedy thriller starring Michael Caine as a corporate climber who commits murder and gets away with it. Roger Ebert praises the film's clever plot, irony and performances, and contrasts it with the conventional niceness of other movies.
When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall (Michael Caine) loses out on a promotion to a younger man, the situation inadvertently leads him to cause a subway accident in which a ...
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Mar 23, 1990 · A Madison Avenue executive kills a panhandler and his wife by accident and tries to cover up his crimes. But a missing cigarette lighter and a police detective threaten to expose him.