Movie·1987·111 min

The Secret of My Success

Name: The Secret of My Success
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1987-04-10
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow

The Secret of My Success streams in the US on Netflix, as of October 5, 2026.

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

6.5 / 10 · TMDB

Comedy

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.

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