Film
The Secret of My Success
1987· PG-13· 1h 51m· Comedy
“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.
1987-04-10
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Key Crew
DirectorHerbert Ross
WriterAJ Carothers
ScreenplayJack Epps Jr.
ProducerHerbert Ross
Director of PhotographyCarlo Di Palma
Original Music ComposerBoris Blank
EditorPaul Hirsch
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released1987-04-10
Runtime1h 51m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosUniversal Pictures · Rastar Productions
Budget$12M
Box office$111M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.5/10 · 697 votes
Original languageen
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