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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $12,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $110,996,879.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 14.845 |
Directed By
Herbert Ross
Crew
Herbert Ross
Jack Epps Jr.
David Chasman
Paul Hirsch
Herbert Ross
Carlo Di Palma
Jim Cash
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Stan Gilbert
Louis Sabat
AJ Carothers
Frank Graziadei
Bill Anagnos
Louis D'Esposito
Larry Kemp
James Sabat
Lance Guecia
Konrad Sheehan
William Ward
Tom Gilligan
Joy Todd
Jery Hewitt
Anna Boorstin
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Adam Bernardi
Jane Paul
Robert J. Litt
Steve Maslow
Phil Neilson
Francis J. McBride
Randy Kelley
Michael Russo
Robert V. Girolami
Walter Stocklin
Lon Bender
Joe Gilbert
Marshall Winn
Victor Magnotta
Tom Wright
Elliot Tyson
Hugo Weng
Josh Weiner
Jeb Brien
Daniel Allan Carlin
Wylie Stateman
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Edgard Mourino
Jay Levy
Norman Buck
John Murray
Danny Aiello III
Michael Green
Tommy Mottola
Peck Prior
Lucius Barre
Gary Tacon
Jack Coffen
Michael Stone
B.J. Bjorkman
David Foster
Charles Croughwell
Boris Blank
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Fern Buchner
Susan Bode Tyson
Joseph G. Aulisi
Joseph Coscia
Peter S. Larkin
Nora Kaye
Edward Pisoni
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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