The Secret of My Success (1987)

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

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.

• Released: 1987-04-10
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 720 votes

Directed by Herbert Ross.

Top 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
• Christopher Murney as Barney Rattigan
• Gerry Bamman as Art Thomas
• Fred Gwynne as Donald Davenport
• Carol Ann Susi as Jean
• Elizabeth Franz as Grace Foster

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Secret of My Success

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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