The Secret of My Success
There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$12000000
Revenue
$110996879
Runtime
111 min
Release Date
1987-04-10
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
636
Vote Average
6.473
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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