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The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

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

1987•1h 51m•6.5/10
Comedy

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6.5/10(691)

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.

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Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield

Helen Slater

Helen Slater

Christy Wills

Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan

Howard Prescott

Margaret Whitton

Margaret Whitton

Vera Prescott

John Pankow

John Pankow

Fred Melrose

Christopher Murney

Christopher Murney

Barney Rattigan

Gerry Bamman

Gerry Bamman

Art Thomas

Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

Donald Davenport

Carol Ann Susi

Carol Ann Susi

Jean

Elizabeth Franz

Elizabeth Franz

Grace Foster

Drew Snyder

Drew Snyder

Burt Foster

Susan Kellermann

Susan Kellermann

Maureen

Barton Heyman

Barton Heyman

Arnold Forbush

Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

Sheila

Ira Wheeler

Ira Wheeler

Owens

Ashley J. Laurence

Vernon S. Fletcher

Rex Robbins

Rex Robbins

McMasters

Christopher Durang

Christopher Durang

Davis

MacIntyre Dixon

MacIntyre Dixon

Ferguson

Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke

Ron

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