A Shock to the System

“Climbing the corporate ladder can be murder.”

Graham Marshall (Michael Caine) has given years to an advertising firm and expects the vice presidency to be his. It goes to a young man instead, and Graham, still in his good suit, starts to think about how a person might get rid of an obstacle. Jan Egleson follows him from there, and each step Graham takes puts his job, his wife Leslie (Swoosie Kurtz) and his freedom at risk.