The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

1987 · 1 hr 51 min · PG-13

Comedy, Romance

Directors

Herbert Ross

Actors

  • Michael J. Fox
  • Helen Slater
  • Richard Jordan

Credits: 1

Summary

A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.

More about this movie

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York. On his first work day in New York, he is fired in a hostile take-over and learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his distant uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room. Then Brantley meets Christy Wills, who happens to be one of the top executives. Brantley sees how poorly the company is being run and decides to create a position under the name Carlton Whitfield, to influence and improve the company's operations. Soon things get unexpectedly out of hand, not in the least because of his aunt, his girl and leading a double life.