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Working Girl
When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.
1988 · Directed by Mike Nichols · 114 min · Comedy · Romance · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.
Crew
- Written by: Kevin Wade
- Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus
- Edited by: Sam O'Steen
- Music: Carly Simon
- Production design: Patrizia von Brandenstein
- Produced by: Douglas Wick
Cast
- Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill
- Harrison Ford as Jack Trainer
- Sigourney Weaver as Katharine Parker
- Alec Baldwin as Mick Dugan
- Joan Cusack as Cyn
- Philip Bosco as Oren Trask
- Nora Dunn as Ginny
- Oliver Platt as Lutz
- James Lally as Turkel
- Kevin Spacey as Bob Speck
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: German, English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $28,000,000
- Box office: $103,173,635
- Themes: new york city, strong woman, love triangle, clerk, boss, empowerment, feminism, career woman, employee, business
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