Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michael J. Fox | ... | Brantley Foster / Carlton Whitfield | |
Helen Slater | ... | Christy Wills | |
Richard Jordan | ... | Howard Prescott | |
Margaret Whitton | ... | Vera Prescott | |
John Pankow | ... | Fred Melrose | |
Christopher Murney | ... | Barney Rattigan | |
Gerry Bamman | ... | Art Thomas | |
Fred Gwynne | ... | Donald Davenport | |
Carol Ann Susi | ... | Jean (as Carol-Ann Susi) | |
Elizabeth Franz | ... | Grace Foster | |
Drew Snyder | ... | Burt Foster | |
Susan Kellermann | ... | Maureen | |
Barton Heyman | ... | Arnold Forbush | |
Mercedes Ruehl | ... | Sheila | |
![]() |
Ira Wheeler | ... | Owens (as Ira B. Wheeler) |
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York. On his first work day in New York, he is fired in a hostile take-over and learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his distant uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room. Then Brantley meets Christy Wills, who happens to be one of the top executives. Brantley sees how poorly the company is being run and decides to create a position under the name Carlton Whitfield, to influence and improve the company's operations. Soon things get unexpectedly out of hand, not in the least because of his aunt, his girl and leading a double life. Written by watzdabigdeal
When I was in the process of preparing three projects with the aim of getting a job, I must have watched this movie 14 times or so. It is enormously energetic, it runs perfectly from the very first image to the last. It helped me prepare my interviews. Great humor and some lovely love scenes. Great confusion. Ok, so it's not always that likely to be happening in real life. But the fun is tremendous. Swell to dream on... To all makers involved: good for you!