The Associate

The Associate

Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.

PG-13 1996 · 114 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Donald Petrie · Written by Nick Thiel

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Whoopi Goldberg Laurel Ayres
Dianne Wiest Sally Dugan
Eli Wallach Donald Fallon
Tim Daly Frank Peterson
Bebe Neuwirth Camille Scott
Austin Pendleton Aesop Franklin
Lainie Kazan Cindy Mason
George Martin Walter Manchester
Kenny Kerr Charlie
Lee Wilkof Bissel
Helen Hanft Mrs. Cupchick
George Morfogen Plaza Manager

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