How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - Big Presentation

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - Been a Long Day

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - The Boss's Wife

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - Mrs. Jones & Me

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - The Company Way

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - A Secretary Is Not a Toy

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - I Believe In You

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - Brotherhood of Man

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - Working Girls

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Official Clip - Rosemary

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Cast & Crew

Robert Morse
J. Pierpont Finch

Michele Lee
Rosemary Pilkington

Rudy Vallee
Jasper B. Biggley

Anthony "Scooter" Teague
Bud Frump

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

Janice Carroll
Brenda

David Swift
Director

David Swift
Screenwriter

David Swift
Producer

Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer

Nelson Riddle
Original Music

Burnett Guffey
Cinematographer

Allan Jacobs
Film Editing

Ralph E. Winters
Film Editing

Shirley Mellner
Casting

Robert F. Boyle
Art Director

Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration

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Audience Reviews for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

• Jul 02, 2014

  You get the sense the some of the rougher satire in the original stage musical has been smoothed out for more mainstream audiences but what's there is still effective. Although the best reason to see the film is for Morse, whose wonderfully strange performance is the antithesis of what you'd expect from a musical comedy. He makes such consistent offbeat choices that you might wonder why any of the producers left him in the picture if you weren't so glad they did.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Sep 05, 2010

  Such a hilarious musical comedy, it's charming and enjoyable, and has a great cast of not so well known actors. The story is just what it says, a young guy gets a book with the same title as the movie, and follows the steps to quickly climb the corporate ladder with so much ease, that it's ridiculous. This makes fun of the corporate workplace and job hunting. I loved it, and I highly recommend it.
  Super Reviewer
• May 31, 2009

  Bright, splashy film musical about an ambitious young window washer who rises through the ranks of a large corporation following the advice of a self-help book. Textbook example of how to do everything right in translating a musical from stage to film. Features a wonderful Frank Loesser score including the songs, "I Believe In You" and "The Brotherhood of Man". Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee reprise their original Broadway roles. Film debut of Michele Lee.
  Mark H Super Reviewer
• Apr 26, 2009

  Far from my favorite musical, but still fun. The Coen's borrowed from this liberally for The Hudsucker Proxy.
  Ken S Super Reviewer