How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (TV 1975)

An ambitious young man attempts to climb the corporate ladder while working at a company where no one quite understands how their job relates to anyone else's, but is afraid to admit it.

Director:

Burt Brinckerhoff

Writer:

Abe Burrows

Stars:

Alan Birsky, Susan Blanchard, Marcella Lowery

Cast

Credited cast:
Alan Birsky	...	J. Pierpont Finch
Susan Blanchard	...	Rosemary
Marcella Lowery	...	Smitty (as Marcella Lowry)
Larry Haines	...	Bratt
Max Showalter	...	J.B. Biggley
Jim Jansen	...	Frump
Polly Rowles	...	Miss Jones
Sam Smith	...	Twimble
Alan Resin	...	Peterson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Batten	...	Tackaberry
George Coe	...	Matthews

Storyline

An ambitious young man attempts to climb the corporate ladder while working at a company where no one quite understands how their job relates to anyone else's, but is afraid to admit it.

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Plot Keywords:

corporate ladder | tony award source | big business | mailroom | businessman | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 June 1975 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1962. Only six musicals have won the Pulitzer Prize in drama - one per decade from the 1930s to the 1990s. They are as follows: Of Thee I Sing from the 1930s, South Pacific from the 1940s, Fiorello from the 1950s, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying from the 1960s, A Chorus Line from the 1970s, American Playhouse: Sunday in the Park with George from the 1980s, and Rent from the 1990s.

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Connections

Remake of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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