The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick

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The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick
Genre
  • Romance
  • Comedy
Written byJim Brecher
Story byGloria Goldsmith
Directed byRobert Lewis
Starring Barbara Eden
Josh Taylor
Jenny O'Hara
Dick O'Neill
Music by Mark Snow
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersTamara Asseyev
Barry Weitz
Producers Barbara Eden
Gloria Goldsmith
CinematographyEric Van Haren Noman
Editor Les Green
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesTamara Asseyev Productions
New World Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseOctober 7, 1988 (1988-10-07)

The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick is a 1988 American made-for-television romantic comedy film starring Barbara Eden, Josh Taylor, Judy Geeson, Jenny O'Hara and Dick O'Neill. It was broadcast on NBC on October 7, 1988.

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The film's tagline in newspaper and magazine ads was: A modern-day Cinderella has an absolute ball with high society!

Plot summary

A modern-day Cinderella tale about a grocery-store cashier named Kathy McCormick (Barbara Eden) who becomes a member of local high society through a series of misunderstandings and when she tells her society peers she works at The Market, they believe she's talking about the stock market. While attending a charity luncheon, she meets and falls in love with Grant Sherwood (Josh Taylor), a wealthy playboy who is unaware of her true identity. [1]

Cast

Home media

The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick was released on VHS on December 10, 1993. [2]

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References

  1. The Pittsburgh Press, retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick VHS – Amazon, retrieved May 26, 2015.