Comedy Cult Classic

A stockbroker’s career ambitions are derailed by his boss’s seductive wife and a parade of workplace absurdities.

THE BOSS' WIFE

If you want success, you've got to grab it.

1986 · 1h 23m · R · Comedy · IMDB TMDB

An industrious young stockbroker, Joel Keefer, trying to advance his career must deal with his demanding boss, a sleazy fellow employee and the boss' beautiful oversexed wife.

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What is The Boss' Wife about?

The Boss' Wife is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ziggy Steinberg about an ambitious stockbroker juggling his job, a scheming coworker, and the relentless advances of his boss’s alluring wife.

Programmer's Pick

If you like your workplace comedies spiked with awkward sexual tension and career chaos, The Boss' Wife delivers. Between Daniel Stern’s hapless everyman and Arielle Dombasle’s brazen seductress, this one knows its way around a boardroom and a bedroom. Plus, Christopher Plummer as the oblivious boss is a treat.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Joel Keefer is an earnest young stockbroker with a lot on his plate: he’s trying to get his wife pregnant while abstaining from sex, climbing the corporate ladder at the Roalvang Company, and—most precariously—dodging the flirtatious advances of his boss’s glamorous wife, Louise. To complicate matters, Louise seems intent on being caught in her seductions, often making moves right under her husband’s nose. With workplace competition from the scheming Dugdale, the unpredictable antics of Carlos to manage, and the eccentricities of Mr. Roalvang himself, Joel’s attempts to maintain self-control and professionalism spiral into a series of comedic entanglements. This is a sex comedy where temptation and office politics collide.

Details & Specs

Director: Ziggy Steinberg
Writer: Ziggy Steinberg
Release: 1986
Runtime: 1h 23m
Language: English, Spanish
Genres: Comedy

Cast & Crew

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Director: Ziggy Steinberg Writer: Ziggy Steinberg

Daniel Stern Joel Keefer

Arielle Dombasle Louise Roalvang

Fisher Stevens Carlos Delgado

Melanie Mayron Janet Keefer

Lou Jacobi Harry Taphorn

Martin Mull Tony Dugdale

Christopher Plummer Mr. Roalvang DS Diane Stilwell Suzy Dugdale

Robert Costanzo Eddie

Thalmus Rasulala Barney JA Jack Andreozzi Doorman FC Freddye Chapman Marge KW Kedric Wolfe Maitre D' JH John Harwood Roalvang Aide SR Stanley Ralph Ross Ticket Taker JH Jim Hudson Cop BG Bill Grant Red Cap CF Claire Fields Waitress CC Chris Conte Waiter OA Obaka Adedunyo Valet

Dave Adams Conductor JA John A. Martinelli Barber HK Helen Kelly Woman in Restaurant Booth (uncredited)

Stacy Thunes Secretary (uncredited)

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Why Cult

Seductive Office Politics

Watch an ambitious stockbroker’s career get complicated by the boss’s wife’s not-so-subtle advances in close proximity to her husband.

Comedic Sexual Tension

The film mines laughs from a protagonist forced into abstinence while dodging a relentless seductress, making for plenty of awkward and risqué moments.

Ensemble Cast Hijinks

Daniel Stern, Arielle Dombasle, Martin Mull, and Christopher Plummer each bring their own brand of chaos to the Roalvang Company.

Eighties Sex Comedy Flair

Expect topless nudity, crude humor, and plenty of workplace temptation in a film that wears its 1980s badge proudly.