How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1967 Wide
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Robert Morse recreated his Tony-winning stage role in this 1967 film version of Frank Loesser's Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical. A humble window washer at the New York offices of World Wide Wickets, J. Pierpont Finch applies the lessons he's learned from a book called How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying to wangle his way to the top of the executive heap. Though advised by the mailroom supervisor (Sammy Smith) to keep a low profile and play things "The Company Way," Finch
Jan 1, 1967 Wide
May 15, 2001
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Cast
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Robert Morse
J. Pierpont Finch -
Michele Lee
Rosemary Pilkington -
Rudy Vallee
Jasper B. Biggley -
Anthony Teague
Bud Frump -
Maureen Arthur
Hedy LaRue -
Sammy Smith
Wally Womper -
Murray Matheson
Benjamin Ovington -
Don Kay Reynolds
Smitty -
John Myhers
Bert O. Bratt -
Jeff de Benning
Gatch -
Ruth Kobart
Miss Jones -
Carol Worthington
Lucille Krumholtz -
Janice Carroll
Brenda -
Lory Patrick
Receptionist -
Pat O'Moore
Media Man No. I -
Wally Strauss
Media Man No. 2 -
Dan Tobin
Johnson -
Robert Q. Lewis
Tackaberry -
John Holland
Matthews -
Paul Hartman
Toynbee -
Justin Smith
Jenkins -
George Fenneman
TV Announcer (Himself) -
Anne Seymour
Gertrude Biggley -
Joey Faye
Taxi Cab Driver -
Helen Verbit
Finch's Landlady -
Virginia Sale
Cleaning Woman -
Al Nessor
Newspaper Seller -
Ivan Volkman
The President of the U.... -
Carl Princi
1st Junior Executive -
David Swift
Elevator Operator [uncr... -
Hy Averback
2nd Executive -
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Mrs. Frump -
Sheila Rogers
1st Girl -
Tucker Smith
Junior Executive -
Robert Sweeney
3rd Junior Executive -
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Paul Bradley
TV Board Member
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A great Broadway show becomes a great movie, thanks largely to Morse
Truncated from the show, Morse truly bizarre
'A day without a wicket is a day without sunshine.' Remember it. Cherish it. Like the film itself.
...perfect synthesis of singing, dancing, comedy, and satire, a show that brought scintillating dialogue, sharp-edged lyrics, and catchy tunes into sharp focus.
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Foreign Titles
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) (DE)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) (UK)
