The Associate

The Associate

114 mins | Comedy | Oct. 25, 1996

Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.

The Associate

114 mins | Comedy | Oct. 25, 1996

The Associate
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Universal Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications
Original title The Associate
Directors Vebe Borge, Lynne Twentyman, Donald Petrie, Patrick Markey
Writers Nick Thiel, Jenaro Prieto

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg

as Laurel Ayres

Dianne Wiest

as Sally Dugan

Eli Wallach

as Donald Fallon

Tim Daly

as Frank Peterson

Bebe Neuwirth

as Camille Scott

Austin Pendleton

as Aesop Franklin

Lainie Kazan

as Cindy Mason

George Martin

as Walter Manchester

Kenny Kerr

as Charlie

Lee Wilkof

as Bissel

Helen Hanft

as Mrs. Cupchick

George Morfogen

as Plaza Manager

Zeljko Ivanek

as SEC Agent Thompkins

Miles Chapin

as Harry

Jean De Baer

as Loan Officer

Louis Turenne

as Peabody Club Concierge

Colleen Camp

as Detective Jones

Brian Tarantina

as Eddie

Jerry Hardin

as Harley Mason

John Short

as Harley's Associate

Thomas Wagner

as Harley's Associate

Johnny Miller

as Himself

Nicholas Kepros

as Dalton

Peter McRobbie

as Executive at Strip Club

Daryl Edwards

as Executive at Strip Club

Allison Janney

as Sandy

Frederick Rolf

as Carl Bode

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as Thomas, Plaza Bellhop

Lianna Pai

as Charlotte, Plaza Concierge

Vincent Laresca

as José, Plaza Waiter

Arthur French

as Plaza Men's Room Attendant

Kathleen McClellan

as Frank's Girlfriend

John Rothman

as Jogging Track Executive

Jonathan Freeman

as Hockey Game Executive

Socorro Santiago

as Syntonex Worker

Bernie McInerney

as Client at Cutty Ayres

Katherine Wallach

as Reporter

Leon Addison Brown

as Reporter

Sally Jessy Raphael

as Herself

William Hill

as Detective Templeton

Robert Levine

as Door Slam Executive

Donald Trump

as Donald Trump