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Trading Places
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
1983 · Directed by John Landis · 116 min · Comedy · 16 frames
Tagline
They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.
Crew
- Written by: Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris
- Cinematography: Robert Paynter
- Edited by: Malcolm Campbell
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Production design: Gene Rudolf
- Produced by: Aaron Russo, Sam Williams, Irwin Russo
Cast
- Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III
- Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine
- Ralph Bellamy as Randolph Duke
- Don Ameche as Mortimer Duke
- Denholm Elliott as Coleman
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia
- Paul Gleason as Clarence Beeks
- Frank Oz as Corrupt Cop
- Jim Belushi as Harvey
- Kristin Holby as Penelope Witherspoon
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Cinema Group Ventures, Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $90,404,800
- Themes: new year's eve, prostitute, philadelphia, pennsylvania, butler, christmas party, satire, rags to riches, broker, beggar, wager
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