The Secret of My Success (1987)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $12,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $110,996,879.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 13.319 |
Directed By
Herbert Ross
Crew
David Chasman
Carlo Di Palma
Jim Cash
Herbert Ross
Jack Epps Jr.
Herbert Ross
Paul Hirsch
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Randy Kelley
Larry Kemp
James Sabat
Lon Bender
Steve Maslow
Louis D'Esposito
Robert V. Girolami
Walter Stocklin
Stan Gilbert
Frank Graziadei
Louis Sabat
Joe Gilbert
Jane Paul
AJ Carothers
Anna Boorstin
Robert J. Litt
Gary Tacon
Tom Wright
Adam Bernardi
Elliot Tyson
Hugo Weng
Marshall Winn
Victor Magnotta
Jack Coffen
Michael Stone
Josh Weiner
Michael Green
Danny Aiello III
Michael Russo
Norman Buck
John Murray
Wylie Stateman
Jay Levy
Tommy Mottola
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Francis J. McBride
B.J. Bjorkman
Lance Guecia
Konrad Sheehan
Tom Gilligan
Joy Todd
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Edgard Mourino
Lucius Barre
Bill Anagnos
Phil Neilson
Jeb Brien
William Ward
Jery Hewitt
Peck Prior
Daniel Allan Carlin
David Foster
Charles Croughwell
Boris Blank
Nora Kaye
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Edward Pisoni
Joseph Coscia
Peter S. Larkin
Susan Bode Tyson
Fern Buchner
Joseph G. Aulisi
TOP 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
Carol Ann Susi
Jean
Elizabeth Franz
Grace Foster
Drew Snyder
Burt Foster
Susan Kellermann
Maureen
Barton Heyman
Arnold Forbush
Mercedes Ruehl
Sheila
Ira Wheeler
Owens
Ashley J. Laurence
Vernon S. Fletcher
Rex Robbins
McMasters
Christopher Durang
Davis
MacIntyre Dixon
Ferguson
Bill Fagerbakke
Ron
Jack Davidson
Davidson
John Bowman
Proctor
Jeff Brooks
Executive
Ascanio Sharpe
Executive
Don Amendolia
Executive
Judith Malina
Mrs. Meacham
Mary Catherine Wright
Research Department Clerk
Joseph Ragno
Shipping Executive
Burke Pearson
Fired Executive
Ray Ramirez
Liquor Store Owner
Gloria Irizarry
Wife of Liquor Store Owner
Mark Margolis
Maintenence Man
Rick Aviles
Maintenance Man
John Capodice
Man in KRS Building
Sally-Jane Heit
Woman in KRS Building
Richard Arthur Gallo
Harried KRS Executive
Luis Antonio Ramos
Cuban
Cindy Crawford
Herself (uncredited)
R. Emmett Fitzsimmons
(uncredited)
Elain R. Graham
(uncredited)
London Hall
Secretary (uncredited)
Bruce McGill
W. Shaw (uncredited)
Tatjana Patitz
Herself (uncredited)
Rhoda Robinson
Receptionist (uncredited)
Tucker Smallwood
Executive (uncredited)
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