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A Shock to the System

Name: A Shock to the System
Director: Jan Egleson
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Released: 1990-03-23
Cast: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton

CrimeComedy

When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance.

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Cast

Michael CaineElizabeth McGovernPeter RiegertSwoosie KurtzWill PattonJenny WrightJohn McMartinBarbara BaxleyHaviland MorrisPhilip MoonKent BroadhurstZach Grenier

Director

Jan Egleson

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