Tess (Melanie Griffith) is an ambitious and capable secretary from the wrong side of town – she commutes from Staten Island daily – who can’t get ahead by the rules, so she pretends to be her own boss, while proper boss Katharine (Sigourney Weaver) is laid up sick in hospital. Along the way, she attracts business-wiz Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford).
A captivating romantic comedy fuelled by Melanie’s star-making (and big-haired) performance. Sigourney Weaver is fabulous as callous 80’s businesswoman incarnate.
This is a secretary’s wish-fulfiller that’s an easy-going treat for all in director Mike Nichols’s assured hands. Carly Simon‘s Oscar-winning song, Let the River Run, makes the soundtrack one to treasure, too.
Jack Trainer
Harrison Ford Katharine Parker
Sigourney Weaver Tess McGill
Melanie Griffith Mick Dugan
Alec Baldwin Cyn
Joan Cusack Oren Trask
Philip Bosco Ginny
Nora Dunn Lutz
Oliver Platt Turkel
James Lally Bob Speck
Kevin Spacey Armbrister
Robert Easton Personnel Director
Olympia Dukakis Tim Rourke
Jeffrey Nordling Doreen DiMucci
Elizabeth Whitcraft Jim
Zach Grenier John Romano
Lee Dalton Phyllis Trask
Barbara Garrick Barbara Trask
Madolin B Archer
Director
Mike Nichols
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