The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success
1987Comedy111 mins

Plot

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... read more

  • Herbert Ross

    Director

  • Jim Cash

    Screenplay

  • Jack Epps Jr.

    Screenplay

  • AJ Carothers

    Writer

  • Carlo Di Palma

    Director of Photography

  • Paul Hirsch

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    111 minutes

    Released

    1987-04-10

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Universal Pictures

    Rastar Productions

    Sound

  • David Foster

    Original Music Composer

  • Boris Blank

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    80 days ago

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