The Secret of My Success

There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

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Comedy

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.

Released: Apr 10, 1987

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Michael J. Fox

Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield

Helen Slater

Christy Wills

Richard Jordan

Howard Prescott

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