Trading Places
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Trading Places (1983)

15
09/12/1983 (GB)
Comedy
1h 56m

They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.

Overview

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

  • John LandisDirector
  • Herschel WeingrodWriter
  • Timothy HarrisWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $15,000,000

  • Revenue

    $90,404,800

Keywords

  • new year's eve
  • prostitute
  • philadelphia, pennsylvania
  • butler
  • christmas party
  • rags to riches
  • broker
  • beggar
  • wager
  • stockbroker
  • fish out of water
  • millionaire
  • commodities
  • investor
  • hoodlum
  • wrongful arrest
  • rich snob
  • christmas
  • riches to rags
  • new year
  • mischievous
  • christmas eve
  • irreverent
  • absurd
  • dramatic
  • hilarious
  • amused
  • disrespectful
  • exhilarated

Top Billed Cast

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Louis Winthorpe III

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Billy Ray Valentine

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Randolph Duke

Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Mortimer Duke

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Coleman

Kristin Holby

Kristin Holby

Penelope Witherspoon

Paul Gleason

Paul Gleason

Clarence Beeks

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis

Ophelia

Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake

President of Exchange

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Pawnbroker

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