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The Secret of My Success is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Herbert Ross released in USA on 10 april 1987 with Michael J. Fox
The Secret of My Success (1987)
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Add to a movie listThe Secret of My Success (sometimes stylized as The Secret of My Succe$s) is a 1987 American comedy film produced and directed by Herbert Ross, and starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater. The screenplay was written by A.J. Carothers, Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. from a story written by Carothers.
Synopsis
Brantley Foster (Michael J. Fox) is a recent graduate of Kansas State University who moves to New York City where he has landed a job as a financier. Upon arriving, he discovers that the company for which he is supposed to work has been taken over by a rival corporation. As a result, Brantley is laid off before he even starts working.Actors
Michael J. Fox
(Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield)
Helen Slater
(Christy Wills)
Richard Jordan
(Howard Prescott)
Margaret Whitton
(Vera Prescott)
John Pankow
(Fred Melrose)
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