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A Shock to the System (1990)
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23 March 1990 (USA)
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Killing is easy... Getting away with it is murder. more
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Graham Marshall already celebrates his anxiously awaited promotion in an advertising company, when he learns that Roger Benham...
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Wickedly funny
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Caine | ... | Graham Marshall |
 | Elizabeth McGovern | ... | Stella Anderson |
 | Peter Riegert | ... | Robert Benham |
 | Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Leslie Marshall |
 | Will Patton | ... | Lt. Laker |
| Jenny Wright | ... | Melanie O'Conner |
| John McMartin | ... | George Brewster |
| Barbara Baxley | ... | Lillian |
| Haviland Morris | ... | Tara Liston |
 | Philip Moon | ... | Henry Park |
| Kent Broadhurst | ... | Executive #1 |
 | Zach Grenier | ... | Executive #2 |
| David Schramm | ... | Executive #3 |
| Sam Schacht | ... | David Jones |
| Christopher Durang | ... | Convention Speaker |
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91 min | UK:85 min | Canada:89 min (Ontario)
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Continuity: A detective questions Michael Caine's secretary and writes down his telephone number on a piece of notepad paper for her. Later, when she decides to call him, she has his business card.
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Graham Marshall:
I've never understood why you need a stair *machine* when we have stairs!
Leslie Marshall: Because I have to keep going up, silly! If I had to keep going down, I'd lose the whole aerobic benefit.
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Leslie Marshall: Because I have to keep going up, silly! If I had to keep going down, I'd lose the whole aerobic benefit.
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References Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
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Perfect, dark skewering of the cutthroat nature of American corporate culture. Initially I thought that Michael Caine was an odd choice for a very American movie (written by a Brit, of course!), but Caine's heavy, almost reptilian features make this murderous schemer seem all the more deadly- and funny.