The Secret of My Success (1987)

04/10/1987 (US) • 1h 51m

Comedy

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

Overview

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

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$12,000,000.00

Revenue

$110,996,879.00

Keywords

dual identity

mistake in person

college

success

wealth

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