The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1987-04-10
Genre:Comedy
Duration:111 min
Director:Herbert Ross
Actors:Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow
Production:Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions

Overview:

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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