There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.
The Secret of My Success
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Synopsis
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
Cast
Michael J. Fox
Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
Helen Slater
Christy Wills
Richard Jordan
Howard Prescott
Margaret Whitton
Vera Prescott
John Pankow
Fred Melrose
Christopher Murney
Barney Rattigan
Gerry Bamman
Art Thomas
Fred Gwynne
Donald Davenport
Carol Ann Susi
Jean
Elizabeth Franz
Grace Foster
Drew Snyder
Burt Foster
Susan Kellermann
Maureen
Barton Heyman
Arnold Forbush
Mercedes Ruehl
Sheila
Ira Wheeler
Owens
Ashley J. Laurence
Vernon S. Fletcher
Details
- Released
- April 10, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $110,996,879
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