A Shock to the System
When electrocuted by the basement fuse box at home, Graham Marshall develops sinister ideas concerning both his nagging wife Leslie and his colleague Robert Benham, who was given Graham's promotion at their corporate office.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Released
- 1990
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1990
Storyline
When electrocuted by the basement fuse box at home, Graham Marshall develops sinister ideas concerning both his nagging wife Leslie and his colleague Robert Benham, who was given Graham's promotion at their corporate office.
Top credits
Michael Caine ā Graham Marshall
Elizabeth McGovern ā Stella Anderson
Peter Riegert ā Robert Benham
Swoosie Kurtz ā Leslie Marshall
Did you know
ā¢ Michael Caine said of this movie in a 2002 interview with "Venice Magazine", "That was a lovely little film, but it was too small for its own good, really. It got lost. It was the sort of film, were it made today, that would be great as a film for HBO, or something. But at the time, it just got lost in the system."
ā¢ Samuel L. Jackson appears very briefly as a three-card monte dealer, on the street, with one quick line of dialogue.
ā¢ Roger Ebert described this movie as being "Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) crossed with Wall Street (1987)".
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $3,417,056
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $1,002,158 (1990-03-25)
User reviews
Great black comedy
A Michael Caine Classic
good one
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- Color
- Color
