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10/04/1987 Comedy 1h 51m
65
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There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

Overview

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.

  1. Herbert Ross

    Director

  2. AJ Carothers

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Michael J. Fox

    Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield

  2. Helen Slater

    Christy Wills

  3. Richard Jordan

    Howard Prescott

  4. Margaret Whitton

    Vera Prescott

  5. John Pankow

    Fred Melrose

  6. Christopher Murney

    Barney Rattigan

  7. Gerry Bamman

    Art Thomas

  8. Fred Gwynne

    Donald Davenport

  9. Carol Ann Susi

    Jean

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$110,996,879.00

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