Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives intersect over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Trading Places: Directed by John Landis.
With Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Denholm Elliott. A snobbish Wall Street commodities broker and a wily street hustler find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaire brothers who run a brokerage house. A snobbish investor and a wily street con.
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Louis Winthorpe III is an executive in one of Philadelphia's leading investment firms. While Billy Ray Valentine has spent his life in the ghetto surviving on his wits. They find their positions reversed in a scheme set in motion by the greedy, conniving Duke brothers, founders of the brokerage firm where Winthorpe is a partner.
Alongside the street-smarts of Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis), Winthorpe and Valentine are a trio ready for a riotous revenge that culminates on the commodities trading floor in New York City. Trading Places is presented here newly remastered from a 4K film transfer, under the supervision of director John Landis. The story of a down.
"Trading Places" resembles "Tootsie" and, for that matter, some of the classic Frank Capra and Preston Sturges comedies: It wants to be funny, but it also. Trading Places (1983) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.