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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
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9 March 1967 (USA) moreTagline:
Nothing Succeeds Like "Succeed" ! ! morePlot:
Armed with a "How to..." manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Beautiful Woman | Knitting | Broadway Musical | Manipulation | Tony Award Source moreAwards:
2 nominations moreUser Comments:
What Style, what punch...... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Morse | ... | Finch |
| Michele Lee | ... | Rosemary |
| Rudy Vallee | ... | J.B. Biggley |
| Anthony 'Scooter' Teague | ... | Bud Frump (as Anthony Teague) |
| Maureen Arthur | ... | Hedy |
| John Myhers | ... | Bratt |
| Carol Worthington | ... | Lucille Krumholtz |
| Kay Reynolds | ... | Smitty |
| Ruth Kobart | ... | Miss Jones |
| Sammy Smith | ... | Twimble Womper / Wally Womper |
| Jeff DeBenning | ... | Gatch (as Jeff Debenning) |
| Janice Carroll | ... | Brenda |
| Robert Q. Lewis | ... | Tackaberry |
| Paul Hartman | ... | Toynbee |
| Dan Tobin | ... | Johnson |
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1962. Only six musicals have won the Pulitzer Prize in drama--one per decade from the 1930s to the 1990s. They are as follows: Of Thee I Sing (1972) (TV) from the 1930s, South Pacific (1958) from the 1940s, Fiorello from the 1950s, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) from the 1960s, A Chorus Line (1985) from the 1970s, Sunday in the Park with George (1986) (TV) from the 1980s, and Rent (2005) from the 1990s. moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After talking to his wife, J.B. asks Miss Jones for the "you know" (his knitting). She says it's in the back of the right hand drawer. He opens the left hand drawer, where it's right up front. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man: How to Suck in Business Without Really Trying (#4.23)" (1997) moreSoundtrack:
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One of the great satirical, musical comedies of the 60s. Robert Morse in the lead role is not unlike a sophisticated version of one of the Jerry Lewis characters of the same era - with the exception that he sings. And, he sings some wonderfully witty songs that must be very close to the bone in companies that take themselves too seriously. Sammy Smith is superb in his dual roles as the quarter of a century mail room head who "plays it the company way" and then later as Chairman Wally, the ex window washer. The lyrics will never date, along with the hammy caricatures of the self serving executives and staff. Not all stage musicals have translated well to the screen but How to Succeed is a noteworthy exception - highly recommended.