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

AS

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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