The Secret of My Success
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.
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The trio executes hostile takeover bid against Davenport Corporation
Corporate party where Brantley's double identity is discovered
The film's biggest drop occurs when the corporate party sequence collapses into farce, followed by a recovery as the revenge plot energizes the final act.
The Secret of My Success starts strong with Fox's charm and funny interview scenes, but sags in the middle as the dual identity premise becomes increasingly contrived and the romantic complications feel forced. The film rebounds somewhat in its final act with an energetic corporate takeover plot, though critics ultimately found it a lightweight but moderately entertaining 80s comedy elevated mainly by Fox's likable performance.
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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
Crew
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