The Secret of My Success (1987) (original) (raw)

A farmboy graduates from Kansas State University and moves to New York City to work in big business. His lack of experience hampers his job search and he can only get work in the mailroom of a corporation run by a distant uncle. When he meets a pretty young executive, he masquerades as an up-and-coming peer to impress her. While she shuns his advances and he attempts to perform two jobs at once, the CEO's wife pursues him with a lusty vengeance.

A farmboy graduates from Kansas State University and moves to New York City to work in big business. His lack of experience hampers his job search and he can only get work in the mailroom of a corporation run by a distant uncle. When he meets a pretty young executive, he masquerades as an up-and-coming peer to impress her. While she shuns his advances and he attempts to perform two jobs at once, the CEO's wife pursues him with a lusty vengeance. (less)

Director: Herbert Ross
Writer: Christopher Durang
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Fred Gwynne
Producers: Herbert Ross, Nora Kaye

» See full cast & crew

Blu-ray reviews

42
fans

1743
Blu-ray
collections

850
DVD
collections

158
Digital
collections

139
iTunes
collections

30
Prime
collections

79
MA
collections

| | My rating | 6.9076% like it | | ----------- | --------------- |

Cocktail (1988) 6 853Cocktail1988 That Awkward Moment (2014) 5.8 350That Awkward Moment2014 How to Be Single (2016) 5.7 302How to Be Single2016 Crazy Rich Asians (2018) 7 1,329Crazy Rich Asians2018 Second Act (2018) 5.7 138Second Act2018 Loser (2000) 5.6 155Loser2000 Spring Break (1983) 6.1 79Spring Break1983 One Crazy Summer (1986) 6.8 401One Crazy Summer1986
Coming to America (1988) 7.6 3,487Coming to America1988 It's Complicated (2009) 6.5 968It's Complicated2009 Easy A (2010) 7.2 3,181Easy A2010 The Sitter (2011) 5.6 973The Sitter2011 Take Me Home Tonight (2011) 6.6 793Take Me Home Tonight2011 Luv (1967) 6.3 7Luv1967 The Nanny Diaries (2007) 5.8 188The Nanny Diaries2007 Definitely, Maybe (2008) 7.3 688Definitely, Maybe2008

Show more titles »« Show less titles

Similar titles suggested by members

| My Cousin Vinny (1992)My Cousin Vinny1992 +1 | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |