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The Secret of My Success (1987)

There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

  • Apr 10, 1987
  • 1h 51m
  • PG-13
TMDB user score 6.5/10 727 votes on TMDB
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Story

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.

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The Secret of My Success 1987 Trailer HD | Michael J. Fox | Helen Slater · plays from YouTube

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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

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