The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

111 mins | Comedy | April 10, 1987

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.

The Secret of My Success

111 mins | Comedy | April 10, 1987

The Secret of My Success
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Universal Pictures, Rastar Films
Original title The Secret of My Success
Directors Jane Paul, B.J. Bjorkman, Robert V. Girolami, Louis D'Esposito, Herbert Ross
Writers AJ Carothers, Jack Epps Jr., Jim Cash

Cast

Michael J. Fox

as Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield

Helen Slater

as Christy Wills

Richard Jordan

as Howard Prescott

Margaret Whitton

as Vera Prescott

John Pankow

as Fred Melrose

Fred Gwynne

as Donald Davenport

Mercedes Ruehl

as Sheila

Carol Ann Susi

as Jean

Jack Davidson

as Davidson

Bruce McGill

as W. Shaw (uncredited)

Cindy Crawford

as Herself (uncredited)

Susan Kellermann

as Maureen

Mark Margolis

as Maintenence Man

John Capodice

as Man in KRS Building

Rick Aviles

as Maintenance Man

Gloria Irizarry

as Wife of Liquor Store Owner

Joseph Ragno

as Shipping Executive

Judith Malina

as Mrs. Meacham

Don Amendolia

as Executive

Barton Heyman

as Arnold Forbush

Drew Snyder

as Burt Foster

Elizabeth Franz

as Grace Foster

Ira Wheeler

as Owens

Ashley J. Laurence

as Vernon S. Fletcher

Rex Robbins

as McMasters

MacIntyre Dixon

as Ferguson

John Bowman

as Proctor

Jeff Brooks

as Executive

Ascanio Sharpe

as Executive

Mary Catherine Wright

as Research Department Clerk

Burke Pearson

as Fired Executive

Ray Ramirez

as Liquor Store Owner

Sally-Jane Heit

as Woman in KRS Building

Richard Arthur Gallo

as Harried KRS Executive