The Associate (1996)
October 25, 1996
Comedy
1h 54m
Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Donald Petrie
- Laurel Ayres Whoopi Goldberg
- Sally Dugan Dianne Wiest
- Donald Fallon Eli Wallach
- Frank Peterson Tim Daly
- Camille Scott Bebe Neuwirth
- Aesop Franklin Austin Pendleton
- Cindy Mason Lainie Kazan
- Walter Manchester George Martin
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Keywords
- career
- fraud
- sexism
- wall street
- broker
- autonomy
- partner
- disguise
- gender disguise
- gender equality