The Barefoot Executive

IMDb link: 0066811
IMDb rating: 5.9 (2,211 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Family
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Kurt Russell, Harry Morgan, Joe Flynn, Wally Cox and others

Release date: 17 Mar 1971
Release year: 1971
Runtime: 96 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: simian fiction, television executive, television industry, television network, television ratings, night school, reference to abraham lincoln, variety the newspaper, film canister, screening room

Plot:

A young man who works in the mailroom at a TV network wants to move up the corporate ladder but finds himself stymied by his selfish boss. By chance he discovers that his neighbor's chimpanzee has a knack for picking successful TV programs. He uses the chimp's programming skills to land himself a job in the programming department of the network.

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