The Secret of My Success (1987) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Herbert Ross.

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
• Drew Snyder as Burt Foster
• Susan Kellermann as Maureen
• Barton Heyman as Arnold Forbush
• Mercedes Ruehl as Sheila
• Ira Wheeler as Owens
• Ashley J. Laurence as Vernon S. Fletcher
• Rex Robbins as McMasters
• Christopher Durang as Davis
• MacIntyre Dixon as Ferguson
• Bill Fagerbakke as Ron
• Jack Davidson as Davidson
• John Bowman as Proctor
• Jeff Brooks as Executive
• Ascanio Sharpe as Executive
• Don Amendolia as Executive
• Judith Malina as Mrs. Meacham
• Mary Catherine Wright as Research Department Clerk
• Joseph Ragno as Shipping Executive
• Burke Pearson as Fired Executive
• Ray Ramirez as Liquor Store Owner
• Gloria Irizarry as Wife of Liquor Store Owner
• Mark Margolis as Maintenence Man
• Rick Aviles as Maintenance Man
• John Capodice as Man in KRS Building
• Sally-Jane Heit as Woman in KRS Building
• Richard Arthur Gallo as Harried KRS Executive
• Luis Antonio Ramos as Cuban
• Cindy Crawford as Herself (uncredited)
• R. Emmett Fitzsimmons as (uncredited)
• Elain R. Graham as (uncredited)

Crew

• Herbert Ross — Director
• Jim Cash — Screenplay
• Jack Epps Jr. — Screenplay
• Herbert Ross — Producer
• Carlo Di Palma — Director of Photography
• AJ Carothers — Writer
• David Foster — Original Music Composer
• Boris Blank — Original Music Composer

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