The Secret of My Success
There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.
1987
Rated
PG-13
111
minutes
Comedy
Directed By:
Herbert Ross
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.
Language
English
Release Date
April 10, 1987
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$110,996,879
Cast
Michael J. Fox
Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
Helen Slater
Christy Wills
Richard Jordan
Howard Prescott
Margaret Whitton
Vera Prescott
John Pankow
Fred Melrose
Christopher Murney
Barney Rattigan
Gerry Bamman
Art Thomas
Fred Gwynne
Donald Davenport
Carol Ann Susi
Jean
Elizabeth Franz
Grace Foster
Drew Snyder
Burt Foster
Susan Kellermann
Maureen
Barton Heyman
Arnold Forbush
Mercedes Ruehl
Sheila
Ira Wheeler
Owens
Ashley J. Laurence
Vernon S. Fletcher
Rex Robbins
McMasters
Christopher Durang
Davis
MacIntyre Dixon
Ferguson
Bill Fagerbakke
Ron
Jack Davidson
Davidson
John Bowman
Proctor
Jeff Brooks
Executive
Ascanio Sharpe
Executive
Don Amendolia
Executive
Judith Malina
Mrs. Meacham
Mary Catherine Wright
Research Department Clerk
Joseph Ragno
Shipping Executive
Burke Pearson
Fired Executive
Ray Ramirez
Liquor Store Owner
Gloria Irizarry
Wife of Liquor Store Owner
Mark Margolis
Maintenence Man
Rick Aviles
Maintenance Man
John Capodice
Man in KRS Building
Sally-Jane Heit
Woman in KRS Building
Richard Arthur Gallo
Harried KRS Executive
Luis Antonio Ramos
Cuban
Cindy Crawford
Herself (uncredited)
R. Emmett Fitzsimmons
(uncredited)
Elain R. Graham
(uncredited)
London Hall
Secretary (uncredited)
Bruce McGill
W. Shaw (uncredited)
Tatjana Patitz
Herself (uncredited)
Rhoda Robinson
Receptionist (uncredited)
Tucker Smallwood
Executive (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Herbert Ross
Director
Louis D'Esposito
Second Assistant Director
Jane Paul
Second Second Assistant Director
B.J. Bjorkman
Script Supervisor
Robert V. Girolami
First Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Herbert Ross
Producer
Joy Todd
Extras Casting
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Line Producer
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Unit Production Manager
Nora Kaye
Associate Producer
David Chasman
Executive Producer
Camera
Michael Stone
Camera Operator
Michael Green
First Assistant Camera
Carlo Di Palma
Director of Photography
Josh Weiner
Still Photographer
Jay Levy
Second Assistant Camera
Tom Gilligan
Dolly Grip
Norman Buck
Key Grip
Editing
Peck Prior
Assistant Editor
Paul Hirsch
Editor
John Murray
Assistant Editor
Adam Bernardi
Assistant Editor
Sound
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman
Supervising Sound Editor
Lon Bender
Supervising Sound Editor
Hugo Weng
Sound Editor
Larry Kemp
Sound Editor
Marshall Winn
Sound Editor
Randy Kelley
Sound Editor
David Foster
Original Music Composer
Frank Graziadei
Sound Recordist
Tommy Mottola
Music Supervisor
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
Boris Blank
Original Music Composer
Elliot Tyson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator
Daniel Allan Carlin
Music Editor
Robert J. Litt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Anna Boorstin
Sound Editor
Stan Gilbert
Supervising ADR Editor
Joe Gilbert
ADR Editor
Jeb Brien
Music Supervisor
Art
Susan Bode Tyson
Set Decoration
Peter S. Larkin
Production Design
Edward Pisoni
Production Design
Walter Stocklin
Property Master
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
Tom Wright
Stunts
Jery Hewitt
Stunts
Michael Russo
Stunts
Konrad Sheehan
Stunts
Phil Neilson
Stunts
Danny Aiello III
Stunts
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Charles Croughwell
Stunt Double
Victor Magnotta
Stunt Coordinator
Gary Tacon
Stunts
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Stunts
Edgard Mourino
Stunts
Lance Guecia
Stunts
Lucius Barre
Unit Publicist
Lighting