The Secret of My Success
There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.
6.5(705) 1987-04-10 111 minComedy
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.
ScreenplayJim Cash
ProducerHerbert Ross
ScreenplayJack Epps Jr.
DirectorHerbert Ross
WriterAJ Carothers
Original Music ComposerDavid Foster
Original Music ComposerBoris Blank
Cast & characters
Michael J. Fox
as Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
Helen Slater
as Christy Wills
Richard Jordan
as Howard Prescott
Margaret Whitton
as Vera Prescott
John Pankow
as Fred Melrose
Christopher Murney
as Barney Rattigan
Gerry Bamman
as Art Thomas
Fred Gwynne
as Donald Davenport
Carol Ann Susi
as Jean
Elizabeth Franz
as Grace Foster
Drew Snyder
as Burt Foster
Susan Kellermann
as Maureen
Barton Heyman
as Arnold Forbush
Mercedes Ruehl
as Sheila
Ira Wheeler
as Owens
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Ashley J. Laurence
as Vernon S. Fletcher
Rex Robbins
as McMasters
Christopher Durang
as Davis
MacIntyre Dixon
as Ferguson
Bill Fagerbakke
as Ron
Jack Davidson
as Davidson
John Bowman
as Proctor
Jeff Brooks
as Executive
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Ascanio Sharpe
as Executive
