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The Associate (1996)

The Associate (1996)

Comedy

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

Release Date: 1996, October 25
Directors: Donald Petrie
Countries: United States of America
Production: Interscope Communications, Hollywood Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Cast: Donald Trump, John Rothman, Katherine Wallach, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent Laresca, George Martin, Eli Wallach, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, William Hill, Jonathan Freeman, Colleen Camp

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

fraud wall street partner sexism gender disguise disguise career broker autonomy gender equality