The Secret of My Success

6.476

111 minutes

4/10/1987

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.

Cast List

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)
London Hall
as Secretary (uncredited)
Bruce McGill
as W. Shaw (uncredited)
Tatjana Patitz
as Herself (uncredited)
Rhoda Robinson
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Tucker Smallwood
as Executive (uncredited)