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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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NR,2hrs 1min
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Released:
January 1, 1967
Distributor:
MGM
Synopsis: 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 follows ... Full Synopsis
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying came to the screen as America was questioning the business ethos that had driven the country during the 1950s. Like The Apartment, How to Succeed is set in corporate America; however, whereas the earlier film used the setting as a backdrop to its main story, the musical makes the love story subservient to the setting. Equally as important, whereas The ... Full Review
Featured Cast
J. Pierpont Finch
Rosemary Pilkington
Jasper B. Biggley
Bud Frump
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