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Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery is a film of genre Drama directed by Ron Oliver released in USA on 4 august 2006 with Chad Allen
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2006)
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Add to a movie listShock to the System is a 2006 gay-themed mystery film. It is the second film adaptation of a Richard Stevenson novel featuring fictional detective Donald Strachey. The film premiered at the 2006 Outfest film festival before going into rotation on the here! television network.
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Late one night, Donald Strachey is meeting a new client in a dark alley—one Paul Hale. Hale is very nervous, and before Strachey can calm what seems like paranoia, an incoming van approaches. Hale hands the private eye a $5,000 check for a retainer just before the speeding van separates the two. The next night, however, Paul Hale turns up dead. Both the coroner and Detective Bailey rule his death a suicide due to apparent evidence of alcohol and drugs nearby his body and in his bloodstream, but neither Donald nor Paul's mother are convinced of this. Phyllis Hale believes Paul was murdered. Strachey is determined to find out the truth about Paul's death. On the way to work the next morning, Strachey accosts someone who he believes is breaking into his office, but it turns out to be Kenny Kwon, who was fired during a confrontation between Strachey and his boss Nathan Zenck during a prior case. Kenny convinces Donald to hire him as Strachey Investigations' new office manager.Actors
Chad Allen
(Donald Strachey)
Morgan Fairchild
(Phyllis Hale)
Sebastian Spence
(Timmy Callahan)
Michael Woods
(Dr. Trevor Cornell)
Anne Marie DeLuise
(Lynn Cornell)
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