They took him for a fall guy... but he threw them for a hoop.
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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Tim Robbins Jennifer Jason Leigh Charles Durning Paul Newman Jim True-Frost John Mahoney Bill Cobbs Bruce Campbell Harry Bugin John Seitz Joe Grifasi Roy Brocksmith I.M. Hobson John Scanlan Jerome Dempsey John Wylie Gary Allen Richard Woods Peter McPherson David Byrd Christopher Darga Patrick Cranshaw Robert Weil Mary Lou Rosato Ernie Sarracino Eleanor Glockner Kathleen Perkins Joseph Marcus Peter Gallagher Noble Willingham Barbara Ann Grimes Thom Noble Steve Buscemi William Duff-Griffin Anna Nicole Smith Pamela Everett Arthur Bridgers Sam Raimi John Cameron Skipper Duke Jay Kapner Jon Polito Richard Whiting Linda McCoy Stan Adams John Goodman Joanne Pankow Mario Todisco Colin Fickes Dick Sasso Jesse Brewer Philip Loch Stan Lichtenstein Todd Alcott Ace O'Connell Richard Schiff Frank Jeffreys Lou Criscuolo Michael Earl Reid Mike Starr David Hagar Willie Reale Harvey Meyer Tom Toner David Fawcett Jeff Still David Gould Gil Pearson Marc Garber David Massie Mark Jeffrey Miller Peter Siragusa Nelson George Mike Houlihan Ed Lillard Wantland Sandel James Deuter Roderick Peeples Cynthia Baker
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