Improper Conduct (1994 film)

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Improper Conduct
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Directed by Jag Mundhra
Screenplay byCarl Austin
Story byJag Mundhra
Produced by
  • Jag Mundhra
  • Subhash Bal (co-producer)
  • Victor Bhalla (co-producer)
Starring
  • Steven Bauer
  • Tahnee Welch
  • John Laughlin
  • Nia Peeples
CinematographyJames Michaels
Edited by
  • Wayne Schmidt
  • David Schulman
Music byAlan DerMarderosian
Production
company
Everest Pictures Inc.
Release date
9 June 1994
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

Improper Conduct is a film released in 1994 by Everest Pictures directed by Jag Mundhra and starring Steven Bauer, Tahnee Welch and Nia Peeples. [1]

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Plot

The Chairman of an advertising company announces the new corporate manager at the company Christmas party - his son-in-law. This is a nightmare to the long time employees, but the nightmare increases when he sexually harasses the good looking women in the company. But after he assaults one in an elevator, she decides to fight back. Hiring an attorney, she takes him to court - and loses. Because of her desperation, she ends up being killed in an auto crash. Her sister then goes undercover at the company to take revenge on the manager.

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the L.A. Times says "Improper Conduct plays like a crisp, decently made TV movie, whereupon it veers unexpectedly and effectively in an entirely different direction. Having pointed up the pitfalls of women trying to fight back against sexual harassment, Mundhra and writer Carl Austin deftly move the film from courtroom drama to erotic suspense." [2]

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References

  1. Mundhra, Jag (1994-06-09), Improper Conduct (Thriller), Everest Pictures Inc., retrieved 2022-05-03
  2. "Movie Review : 'Improper Conduct' Deftly Spins Psychological Thriller". Los Angeles Times. 1994-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-03.