Working Girl

Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith), a working-class woman from Staten Island, dreams of climbing the corporate ladder to an executive position. Having earned a business degree via night school, she works as a secretary at a stockbroker firm in lower Manhattan. After her boss and male co-workers treat her like a bimbo, Tess retaliates by posting on a VDT what she thinks of them and gets fired. She lands another job with Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), an associate partner at Petty Marsh, where she pitches a profitable idea that is later stolen by Katharine. When Katharine breaks her leg skiing, Tess takes over her boss's role to prove her capabilities in the corporate world, using her own initiative and charm to impress Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford), a mergers-and-acquisitions associate who becomes her ally and potential love interest.