Career Opportunities poster
Writer John Hughes
Director Bryan Gordon

Career Opportunities

Tagline: He took the job that no one wanted... and got the girl that everyone did.

Release Date: 1991-03-29

Duration: 83 minutes

Synopsis

Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar.

Casting

  • Jennifer Connelly
    Josie McClellan
  • Dermot Mulroney
    Nestor Pyle
  • Frank Whaley
    Jim Dodge
  • John Candy
    C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
  • Jenny O'Hara
    Dotty Dodge
  • Barry Corbin
    Officer Don
  • Wilbur Fitzgerald
    Bob Bosenbeck
  • Nada Despotovich
    Penny Dodge
  • John M. Jackson
    Bud Dodge
  • Denise Galik
    Lorraine