Tess McGill is a working-class girl from Staten Island with a bachelor's degree in Business from evening classes. Unhappy with her job and her loser boyfriend, Tess takes a secretarial post at a major Wall Street firm. Her boss is Katharine Parker, an outwardly affable yuppie whose grinning visage hides a wicked and larcenous propensity for exploiting the ideas of her employees. While Katharine is incapacitated, Tess is compelled by circumstances to pose as her boss. Her inborn business acumen and common sense enable Griffith to rise to the top of New York's financial circles, and along the way she wins the love of executive Jack Trainer. Things threaten to take a sorry turn when Katharine returns, but it is she who suffers from the consequences of her own past duplicity.
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver
Crew: Mike Nichols (Director), Michael Ballhaus (Director of Photography)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Dates: 21 Dec 1988 (United States)
Tagline: The Charming Boss - The Boss from Hell...And the Secretary
Did you know? The lobby of the 7 World Trade Center was the filming location for The Petty Marsh lobby scenes. The building would later be destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Read More
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as Mick Dugan
as Jack Trainer
as Tess McGill
as Katharine Parker
as Alice Baxter
as Doreen DiMucci
as Turkel
as Tim Rourke
as Cyn
as Bob Speck
as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
as Ginny
as Lutz
as Personnel Director
as Oren Trask
as Armbrister
Direction
Director
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Production
Producer
Production Company
Executive Producer
Distribution
Distributor
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Still Photographer
Key Grip
Music
Music Label
Art
Art Director
Production Designer
Set Decorator
Prop Master
Casting
Casting Director
Costume and Wardrobe
Costume Designer
Editorial
Editor
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Taglines:
The Charming Boss - The Boss from Hell...And the Secretary
For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.
...Her Time Has Come
For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.
...Her Time Has Come
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Trivia:
Melanie Griffith was suffering from alcohol and cocaine addiction throughout the filming of the movie.
One morning during filming, Melanie Griffith was so wasted that production had to be shut down until she could say her lines coherently. $75,000 was taken out of her paycheck to fund the reshoot.
The lobby of the 7 World Trade Center was the filming location for The Petty Marsh lobby scenes. The building would later be destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The part of Bob Speck was played by Kevin Spacey who was brought in as a last-minute replacement for another actor. On the day the scene was shot, Mike Nichols sent a car to Spacey's New York apartment, with a copy of the script in the back seat. Spacey learned his lines while on the way to the shoot.
One morning during filming, Melanie Griffith was so wasted that production had to be shut down until she could say her lines coherently. $75,000 was taken out of her paycheck to fund the reshoot.
The lobby of the 7 World Trade Center was the filming location for The Petty Marsh lobby scenes. The building would later be destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The part of Bob Speck was played by Kevin Spacey who was brought in as a last-minute replacement for another actor. On the day the scene was shot, Mike Nichols sent a car to Spacey's New York apartment, with a copy of the script in the back seat. Spacey learned his lines while on the way to the shoot.
