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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.

Director

David Swift

Year

Genre

comedy, musical

Box Office

$6,322,000

Production

The Mirisch Company

Awards

2 nominations

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J. Pierpont Finch

Rosemary Pilkington

Jasper B. Biggley

Bud Frump

Anthony 'Scooter' Teague

Hedy LaRue

Bert O. Bratt

Lucille Krumholtz

Carol Worthington

Miss Smith aka Smitty

Kathryn Reynolds

Miss Jones

Twimble

Gatch

Brenda

Tackaberry

Robert Q. Lewis

Toynbee

Johnson

Matthews

Jenkins

Benjamin Ovington

Murray Matheson

Media Man No. 1

Patrick O'Moore

Receptionist

Media Man No. 2

2nd Junior Executive

TV Announcer

George Fenneman

1st Junior Executive

1st Girl

3rd Junior Executive

The President

Treasure Hunter

Treasure Hunter

Reunion Guest

TV Board Member

Party Guest

George Bruggeman

Treasure Hunter

Broker

Elevator Passenger

Treasure Hunter

Executive

TV Board Member

George DeNormand

Reunion Guest

Taxi Driver

Reunion Guest

Reunion Guest

Treasure Hunter

Treasure Hunter

Party Guest

Reunion Guest

Party Guest

Treasure Hunter

Kathryn Janssen

Executive

Reunion Guest

Newseller

Mrs. Frump

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Executive

Junior Executive

Party Guest

Dancer

Treasure Hunter

Bartender

Anthony Redondo

Worker

Party Guest

Reunion Guest

Executive

Worker

Cleaning Woman

Reunion Guest

Gertrude Biggley

Passerby

Elevator Passenger

Elevator Man

Elevator Operator

TV Board Member

Minister with Large Bible

Mrs. Needlebaum - Finch's Landlady

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Gertrude Biggley Miss Jones J. Pierpont Finch Hedy Larue Tv Announcer Bud Frump Tackaberry Bert O. Bratt Benjamin Ovington

[ Author's Voice ]
DEAR READER, THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS DESIGNED TO EXPLAIN... - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[ Author's Voice ] DEAR READER, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DES...

IF YOU HAVE EDUCATION,
INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY,
SO MUCH THE BETTER. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

IF YOU HAVE EDUCATION, INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY, SO MUCH THE...

IF YOU ARE ANXIOUS TO RISE
QUICKLY AND EASILY TO THE TOP
OF THE BUSINESS WORLD, - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

IF YOU ARE ANXIOUS TO RISE QUICKLY AND EASILY TO THE TOP OF ...

See I feel that when a man wants to rise in the world of business - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

See I feel that when a man wants to rise in the world of...

Oh well good luck Mr Finch - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Oh well good luck Mr Finch

Poor baby He looks so utterly vulnerable - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Poor baby He looks so utterly vulnerable

You know I Well I try to fit in - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

You know I Well I try to fit in

A long time Last month I became a quarter of a century man - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

A long time Last month I became a quarter of a century man

Is there anything you're against - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Is there anything you're against

The company restaurant - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

The company restaurant

Do you realize that I've been working here for two full hours now - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Do you realize that I've been working here for two full...

What did you say your name was - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

What did you say your name was

Well thank you for the flower Finch - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Well thank you for the flower Finch

If you have any ideas about climbing the ladder around here Finch - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

If you have any ideas about climbing the ladder around here...

Yes Miss Jones What is it Your wife is on Line 2 Mr Biggley - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Yes Miss Jones What is it Your wife is on Line 2 Mr Biggley

Nepotism What's nepotism - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Nepotism What's nepotism

Well by George ethical behaviour always pays sir - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Well by George ethical behaviour always pays sir

Lunch I said lunch - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Lunch I said lunch

Rosemary seeing you always brightens my day - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Rosemary seeing you always brightens my day

Yes I know that blood is thicker than water - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Yes I know that blood is thicker than water

I'm Bert Bratt I'm Bert Bratt personnel - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I'm Bert Bratt I'm Bert Bratt personnel

Yes yes you do that Smitty Just through here Miss LaRue - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Yes yes you do that Smitty Just through here Miss LaRue

Look Bert I really need a new secretary - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Look Bert I really need a new secretary

A secretary is not a toy - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

A secretary is not a toy

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
MR. BRATT. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MR. BRATT.

A secretary is not a thing - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

A secretary is not a thing

Now she's thinking - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Now she's thinking

I gave up a wonderful job Head cigarette girl at the Copa - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I gave up a wonderful job Head cigarette girl at the Copa

Just let me know who it is - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Just let me know who it is

You did not keep your part of my bargain - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

You did not keep your part of my bargain

Why don't you go home I'm waiting for the elevator - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Why don't you go home I'm waiting for the elevator

WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME ?
I'M WAITING
FOR THE ELEVATOR. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME ? I'M WAITING FOR THE ELEVAT...

You take the average young person today - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

You take the average young person today

Well I've been working so hard and trying to do my best at the company - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Well I've been working so hard and trying to do my best...

To see - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

ROSEMARY.
YES ? - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

ROSEMARY. YES ?

[ Elevator Bell Dings ] - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[ Elevator Bell Dings ]

You know I feel sorry for men who don't knit - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

You know I feel sorry for men who don't knit

I like the way you think Fink - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I like the way you think Fink

But sir if you had a man with ideas - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

But sir if you had a man with ideas

SO LONG, FELLAS.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS
JUNIOR EXECUTIVE POOL. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

SO LONG, FELLAS. I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS JUNIOR EXECUTIV...

A secretary was ordered to be assigned to you - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

A secretary was ordered to be assigned to you

Rose Well happy dictation Ponty - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Rose Well happy dictation Ponty

Miss LaRue let's try some dictation Take a letter for me - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Miss LaRue let's try some dictation Take a letter for...

What are you taking this down in - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

What are you taking this down in

Miss LaRue Hedy Tell me something I'd like to know - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Miss LaRue Hedy Tell me something I'd like to know

So I matriculated myself into business school and - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

So I matriculated myself into business school and

Go ahead dictate some more I'm gonna like this jazz - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Go ahead dictate some more I'm gonna like this jazz

- HELLO ? YES ?
-[ Voice On Phone,
Indistinct ] - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

- HELLO ? YES ? -[ Voice On Phone, Indistinct ]

[ Party Horns Squealing ] - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[ Party Horns Squealing ]

Ovington I'm not a bigot I've hired men from all colleges - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Ovington I'm not a bigot I've hired men from all...

Chipmunk rah Chipmunk rah Chip chip chip chip Chipmunk - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Chipmunk rah Chipmunk rah Chip chip chip chip Chipmunk

Hedy What - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[ Sighs ]
OKAY, LOOK.
JUST ONCE, THEN. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[ Sighs ] OKAY, LOOK. JUST ONCE, THEN.

[ Whimpering ] - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Finchie thinking of two broads in the middle of one kiss is dirty - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Finchie thinking of two broads in the middle of one kiss is...

It is a far far better thing I do than I have ever did before - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

It is a far far better thing I do than I have ever did...

I don't hear a thing It's all around me It's - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I don't hear a thing It's all around me It's

Rosemary Don't let me keep you Go on - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Rosemary Don't let me keep you Go on

Go back to making love to her Kiss her - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Go back to making love to her Kiss her

You snake kiss me Let me explain - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

You snake kiss me Let me explain

Guess I'll wait for that pigeon till after he's married - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Guess I'll wait for that pigeon till after he's...

Well I'll give it a bit of a think think you know - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Well I'll give it a bit of a think think you know

I promise you'll be out of that secretarial pool by tomorrow - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I promise you'll be out of that secretarial pool by...

Finch is very smart - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Finch is very smart

[ Executives ]
?? GOTTA STOP THAT MAN ?? - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[ Executives ] ?? GOTTA STOP THAT MAN ??

What is this This is the secret ingredient - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

What is this This is the secret ingredient

Has been A day without a wicket is like a day without sunshine - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Has been A day without a wicket is like a day without...

The first clue is One moment Miss Treasure Girl - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

The first clue is One moment Miss Treasure Girl

Where the treasure is actually hidden - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Where the treasure is actually hidden

He was a nice boy but somebody's head has to roll - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

He was a nice boy but somebody's head has to roll

[ Author's Voice ]
HOW TO HANDLE A DISASTER. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[ Author's Voice ] HOW TO HANDLE A DISASTER.

I realize that I'm the president of this company - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I realize that I'm the president of this company

You never told me you hired your nephew - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

You never told me you hired your nephew

But who the hell picked that bubble headed tomato - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

But who the hell picked that bubble headed tomato

Well I think I got the whole picture - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Well I think I got the whole picture

No look even though we're all part of the cold corporate set up - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

No look even though we're all part of the cold...

Remember mediocrity - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Remember mediocrity

Wally who's going to be the new chairman of the board - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Wally who's going to be the new chairman of the board

WELL, PONTY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
[ Chuckles ] LARGE. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

WELL, PONTY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ? [ Chuckles ] LARGE.

GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, ROSEMARY. - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, ROSEMARY.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying poster

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Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: David Swift

Writer: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert

Production: The Mirisch Company

Genre: comedy, musical

Year: 1967

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: $6,322,000

Released: 09 Mar 1967

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage:

Also watch: Anchors Aweigh, I Kill Giants, Mary Poppins, Interstellar, Joker, Tenet, Me Before You, Parasite, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Leave the World Behind, Get Out, Frozen, She's the Man, Pale Rider, The Sword in the Stone, Green Book, Snowpiercer, Perfect Blue