Where to watch A Shock to the System in the United States
A Shock to the System (1990) is available on Kanopy with a participating library card. Also available to stream on Philo.
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You can watch A Shock to the System (1990) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance.
Passed over for a promotion by a younger colleague, Graham Marshall decides to settle the professional score through a series of calculated, lethal strikes. This dark satire finds humor in the chillingly polite ways a mid-level executive dismantles his rivals.
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Director
Jan Egleson
Cast
Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton, Jenny Wright, John McMartin, Barbara Baxley, Haviland Morris, Philip Moon
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A Shock to the System
You can watch A Shock to the System (1990) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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6.5/10
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70%
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Director
Jan Egleson
Cast
Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton, Jenny Wright, John McMartin, Barbara Baxley, Haviland Morris, Philip Moon
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