How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Robert Morse	...	J. Pierpont Finch
	Michele Lee	...	Rosemary Pilkington
	Rudy Vallee	...	Jasper B. Biggley
	Anthony 'Scooter' Teague	...	Bud Frump (as Anthony Teague)
	Maureen Arthur	...	Hedy LaRue
	John Myhers	...	Bert O. Bratt
	Carol Worthington	...	Lucille Krumholtz
	Kay Reynolds	...	Miss Smith aka Smitty
	Ruth Kobart	...	Miss Jones
	Sammy Smith	...	Twimble - Wally Womper
	Jeff DeBenning	...	Gatch (as Jeff Debenning)
	Janice Carroll	...	Brenda
	Robert Q. Lewis	...	Tackaberry
	Paul Hartman	...	Toynbee
	Dan Tobin	...	Johnson

Storyline

Twenty-seven year old New York window washer J. Pierpont Finch believes he can be a success in the corporate world after he impulsively picks up the book "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". The book promises its reader that he can climb the corporate ladder simply and quickly. The Worldwide Wicket Corporation, the business in the office building whose windows he washes, is, according to the book, the perfect type of business. There, he meets secretary Rosemary Pilkington, who sees in Ponty, as she calls him, an unassuming man whom she believes the corporate world will eat alive. But Ponty, memorizing what the book tells him, does quickly climb the corporate ladder, but not by doing any real work. But Ponty has a few obstacles along the way, such as: Bud Frump, the nephew by marriage of the company president J.B. Biggley, Bud who sees Ponty as a rival; Hedy La Rue... Written by Huggo  

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