The Secret of My Success (1987)

Michael J. Fox plays a Kansas farm boy who dreams of scoring big in New York City, but reality turns out to be brutal to his ambition. When his uncle (Richard Jordan) gives him a mail-room job in the high-rise headquarters of a major corporation, Fox occupies an empty office and poses as a young executive, winning the attention of a lovely young colleague (Helen Slater) and having an affair with his boss's wife.


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

Directed by: Herbert Ross

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton and Margaret Whitton