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A Shock to the System is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jan Egleson released in USA on 23 march 1990 with Michael Caine
A Shock to the System (1990)
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Add to a movie listA Shock to the System (1990) is a U.S. dark comedy crime thriller film directed by Jan Egleson, 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.
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A family man named Graham Marshall, a long-time executive in a large advertising company, is unexpectedly passed over for promotion. Marshall himself can live with it, but his nagging wife Leslie is devastated and continually reproaches her husband for his apparent lack of ambition and willpower.Actors
Michael Caine
(Graham Marshall)
Elizabeth McGovern
(Stella Anderson)
Swoosie Kurtz
(Leslie Marshall)
Peter Riegert
(Robert Benham)
John McMartin
(George Brewster)
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