The Associate (1996)

10/25/1996 (US) • 1h 54m

Comedy

Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.

Overview

Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.

Top Billed Cast

Whoopi Goldberg

Laurel Ayres

Dianne Wiest

Sally Dugan

Eli Wallach

Donald Fallon

Tim Daly

Frank Peterson

Bebe Neuwirth

Camille Scott

Austin Pendleton

Aesop Franklin

Lainie Kazan

Cindy Mason

George Martin

Walter Manchester

Kenny Kerr

Charlie


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$23,000,000.00

Revenue

$12,800,000.00

Keywords

career

fraud

sexism

wall street

broker

autonomy

partner

disguise

gender disguise

gender equality

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