The Secret of My Success

Apr 10, 1987

1h 51m

★ 6.5

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Rastar Productions

The Secret of My Success Trailers

Cast

Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield

Michael J. Fox

Christy Wills

Helen Slater

Howard Prescott

Richard Jordan

Vera Prescott

Margaret Whitton

Fred Melrose

John Pankow

Barney Rattigan

Christopher Murney

Art Thomas

Gerry Bamman

Donald Davenport

Fred Gwynne

Jean

Carol Ann Susi

Grace Foster

Elizabeth Franz

Burt Foster

Drew Snyder

Maureen

Susan Kellermann

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