When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance.
Acting
Caine's whispered menace and perfect restraint
Writing
Wickedly quotable corporate satire that still stings
Production
Sleek Manhattan ad world, all marble and moral void
Director
Jan Egleson
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
Christopher Durang
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Simon Brett's 1984 novel, originally a BBC series with the same lead actor. Caine's performance reportedly inspired his later turn in The Quiet American.
Released months after Wall Street, this is the forgotten evil twin — less 'greed is good' spectacle, more 'murder is efficient' banality. It predicted the collapse of 80s yuppie mythology better than its famous sibling.
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