The Associate (1996)

Synopsis: After stock analyst Laurel Ayres loses a promotion to the man she TRAINED, she realizes that one thing is preventing her from moving up the corporate ladder: her gender. Fed-up, Laurel quits the firm and starts her own company.... After stock analyst Laurel Ayres loses a promotion to the man she TRAINED, she realizes that one thing is preventing her from moving up the corporate ladder: her gender. Fed-up, Laurel quits the firm and starts her own company. Unfortunately, people still don't take her seriously, so she invents a male associate named Robert S. Cutty, who "offers" sound financial advice through Laurel. As a result, Laurel's company takes off. But soon, EVERYBODY wants to meet the mysterious Robert S. Cutty, from her former employers to a nosy gossip columnist. At wit's end, Laurel, who's Black, decides to don makeup and pose as Cutty -- who's white. Can Laurel pull off this unusual charade? And if so, for how long? [More]

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Eli Wallach, Austin Pendleton, Lainie Kazan, George Martin, Kenny Kerr, Lee Wilkof, George Morfogen, Zeljko Ivanek, Miles Chapin, Jean De Baer, Louis Turenne, William Hill, Colleen Camp, Brian Tarantina, Jerry Hardin, John Short, Thomas Wagner, Johnny Miller, Nicholas Kepros, Donald Trump, Peter McRobbie, Daryl Edwards, Allison Janney, Frederick Rolf, Larry Gilliard, Liana Pai, Vincent Laresca, Arthur French, Kathleen McClellan, Robert Levine, John Rothman, Jonathan Freeman, Socorro Santiago, Bernie McInerney, Katherine Wallach, Leon Addison Brown, Sally Jessy Raphael, Judith Calder, Ted Brunetti, Baxter Harris, Craig Braun, Rex Robbins, Ira Wheeler, Boris McGiver, Billy Jaye, Ginny Yang, Joel Blake, Alberto Alejandrino

Director: Donald Petrie

Director: Donald Petrie

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