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The Secret of My Success

6.5PG-13

MovieComedy19871h 51m

There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.

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Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.

Directed by
Herbert Ross
Written by
Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., AJ Carothers
Genres
Comedy
Released
April 10, 1987
Runtime
1h 51m
Status
Released
Language
English
Countries
United States of America
Studios
Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions
Budget
$12,000,000
Box office
$110,996,879
  • Michael J. FoxBrantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
  • Helen SlaterChristy Wills
  • Richard JordanHoward Prescott
  • Margaret WhittonVera Prescott
  • John PankowFred Melrose
  • Christopher MurneyBarney Rattigan
  • Gerry BammanArt Thomas
  • Fred GwynneDonald Davenport
  • Carol Ann SusiJean
  • Elizabeth FranzGrace Foster
  • Drew SnyderBurt Foster
  • Susan KellermannMaureen
  • Barton HeymanArnold Forbush
  • Mercedes RuehlSheila
  • Ira WheelerOwens
  • AAshley J. LaurenceVernon S. Fletcher
  • Rex RobbinsMcMasters
  • Christopher DurangDavis
  • MacIntyre DixonFerguson
  • Bill FagerbakkeRon

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