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The Secret of My Success

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.

19871h 51mPG-13Comedy

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About The Secret of My Success

Directors
Herbert Ross
Cast
Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Christopher Murney
Genres
Comedy
Content rating
PG-13
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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