The Secret of My Success (1987)

04/10/1987 1h 51m

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

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Overview

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Michael J. Fox

as Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield

Born 06/09/1961, age

Helen Slater

as Christy Wills

Born 12/15/1963, age

Richard Jordan

as Howard Prescott

Born 07/19/1937

Died 08/30/1993, age

Margaret Whitton

as Vera Prescott

Born 11/30/1950

Died 12/04/2016, age

John Pankow

as Fred Melrose

Born 04/28/1954, age

Christopher Murney

as Barney Rattigan

Born 07/20/1943, age

Fred Gwynne

as Donald Davenport

Born 07/10/1926

Died 07/02/1993, age

Susan Kellermann

as Maureen

Born 07/04/1944, age

Mercedes Ruehl

as Sheila

Born 02/28/1948, age

Bill Fagerbakke

as Ron

Born 10/04/1957, age

Jack Davidson

as Davidson

Born 07/17/1936, age

Mark Margolis

as Maintenence Man

Born 11/26/1939

Died 08/03/2023, age

John Capodice

as Man in KRS Building

Born 12/25/1941, age

Cindy Crawford

as Herself (uncredited)

Born 02/20/1966, age

Bruce McGill

as W. Shaw (uncredited)

Born 07/11/1950, age