Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.

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Film Cast:

• Tess McGill: Melanie Griffith
• Jack Trainer: Harrison Ford
• Katharine Parker: Sigourney Weaver
• Mick Dugan: Alec Baldwin
• Cyn: Joan Cusack
• Oren Trask: Philip Bosco
• Ginny: Nora Dunn
• Lutz: Oliver Platt
• Turkel: James Lally
• Bob Speck: Kevin Spacey
• Armbriester: Robert Easton
• Personnel Director: Olympia Dukakis
• Alice Baxter: Amy Aquino
• Tim Rourke: Jeffrey Nordling
• Doreen DiMucci: Elizabeth Whitcraft
• Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: Maggie Wagner
• Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: Lou DiMaggio
• Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: David Duchovny
• Tess’s Birthday Party Friend: Georgienne Millen
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Caroline Aaron
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Nancy Giles
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Judy Milstein
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Nicole Chevance
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Kathleen Gray
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Jane B. Harris
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Sondra Hollander
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Samantha Shane
• Petty Marsh Secretary: Julia Silverman
• Jr. Executive: Jim Babchak
• Jim: Zach Grenier
• Dewey Stone Reception Guest: Ralph Byers
• Dewey Stone Reception Guest: Leslie Ayvazian
• Cab Driver: Steve Cody
• Dewey Stone Receptionist: Paige Matthews
• John Romano: Lee Dalton
• Phyllis Trask: Barbara Garrick
• Barbara Trask: Madolin B. Archer
• Hostess at Wedding: Etain O’Malley
• Bridesmaid: Ricki Lake
• Bitsy: Marceline Hugot
• Bridegroom: Tom Rooney
• Trask Wedding Orchestra: Peter Duchin
• Trask Secretary: Maeve McGuire
• Tim Draper: Timothy Carhart
• TV Weatherman: Lloyd Lindsay Young
• Bartender: F.X. Vitolo
• Clerk at Dry Cleaner’s: Lily Froehlich
• Heliport Attendant: Michael Haley
• Helicopter Pilot: Mario T. DeFelice Jr.
• Helicopter Pilot: Anthony Mancini Jr.
• Trask Receptionist: Suzanne Shepherd
• Rhumba Guy (uncredited): Matthew Bennett
• Staten Island Secretary (uncredited): Trish Cook
• Pretty Brunette Office Girl (uncredited): Priscilla Cory
• Cyn’s Aunt (uncredited): Marilyn Dobrin
• Trask Executive (uncredited): Kevin Fennessy
• Receptionist (uncredited): Anita Finlay
• Office Worker (uncredited): Tom Sean Foley
• Staten Island Ferry Commutor (uncredited): George Gerard
• Secretary (uncredited): Dhonna Harris Goodale
• Young Businessman (uncredited): Daniel Henning
• Office Party-Goer (uncredited): Eric Kramer
• Secretary (uncredited): Elisa London
• Secretary (uncredited): Karen Starr
• Petty Marshall Secretary (uncredited): Alison Wachtler

Film Crew:

• Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus
• Editor: Sam O’Steen
• Screenplay: Kevin Wade
• Costume Design: Ann Roth
• Makeup Artist: Joseph A. Campayno
• Makeup Artist: J. Roy Helland
• Art Direction: Doug Kraner
• Director: Mike Nichols
• Unit Production Manager: Robert Greenhut
• Set Decoration: George DeTitta Jr.
• Casting: Juliet Taylor
• Executive Producer: Laurence Mark
• Producer: Douglas Wick
• Hairstylist: Alan D’Angerio
• Gaffer: John W. DeBlau
• Production Design: Patrizia von Brandenstein
• Location Manager: Richard Baratta
• Supervising Sound Editor: Stan Bochner
• Transportation Captain: Tom O’Donnell Jr.
• First Assistant Camera: Florian Ballhaus
• Production Supervisor: Todd Arnow
• Boom Operator: Linda Murphy
• Still Photographer: Andrew D. Schwartz
• Assistant Costume Designer: Gary Jones
• Camera Operator: David M. Dunlap
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lee Dichter
• Art Department Coordinator: Samara Schaffer
• Transportation Co-Captain: Louis Volpe
• Script Supervisor: Mary Bailey
• Assistant Art Director: Tim Galvin
• Production Coordinator: Ingrid Johanson
• Production Sound Mixer: Les Lazarowitz
• Music Editor: Patrick Mullins
• Sound Editor: Marshall Grupp
• ADR Editor: Michael Jacobi
• Property Master: James Mazzola
• Cableman: Mike Bedard
• First Assistant Director: Michael Haley
• Stunt Double: Vic Armstrong
• Original Music Composer: Carly Simon
• Stunt Coordinator: Jim Dunn
• Stunt Coordinator: Frank Ferrara
• Stunts: Phil Neilson
• Stunts: Michael Russo

Movie Reviews:

• CinemaSerf: Right from the opening bars of Carly Simon’s catchy theme tune and the young girls with huge hair on the ferry – I thought this was going to be entertaining. By and large, it is. “Tess” (Melanie Griffith) is fed up working for bosses who just want to sleep with her, so thinks perhaps things will change the she starts working for “Katherine” (Sigourney Weaver). Always open to ideas, this woman gets hold of one of her assistant’s ideas and when she injures herself skiing, “Tess” discovers her boss’s duplicity and decides to run with her idea herself – involving “Jack” (Harrison Ford) along the way. Turns out this idea has legs – and multi-million dollar ones at that – but as the two begin to mix business and pleasure – we discover that “Jack” has his secrets to keep too! The pace is generally quite good, the characters have plenty to like about them and the film builds nicely to an enjoyable and fitting conclusion. Griffith is on good form here, she has a spirit and charisma that can’t help but raise a bit of a smile. Sarandon and Ford both support well, too with the latter content to take more of a charming but back seat role. Alec Baldwin features sparingly as her creep of a boyfriend, and I could have sworn I saw “Cyn” (Joan Cusack) in Culture Club or Dead or Alive! It’s maybe a little bit long, but as feel-good films go, this has a decent script, plenty of chemistry and a vindication that worked for me.
• kevin2019: “Working Girl” is a wonderful film and it achieves an admirable level of entertainment value. The romance truly works and the comedy is genuinely funny and it should come as no surprise to anyone it did incredibly healthy business at the global box office. One of the most memorable elements of this film is the unflinching way the character of Tess McGill has been deliberately used to make some valid and important comments about big business and how particular individuals might be perceived in relation to the way they dress or look or act. The so called elite in any walk of life will always look down on and summarily dismiss certain people regardless of their abilities or the contributions they might make in much the same way as some men look down on and belittle women. Anyway, it is refreshing to watch a film which tells us this doesn’t necessarily have to be the case and no one should have to silently tolerate it either professionally or domestically.