The read
Scores higher than 90% of the 1,016 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic69/100
3,777 audience votes
Key crew
- John LandisDirector
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Herschel WeingrodWriter
- Timothy HarrisWriter
Cast
- Dan AykroydLouis Winthorpe III
- Eddie MurphyBilly Ray Valentine
- Ralph BellamyRandolph Duke
- Don AmecheMortimer Duke
- Denholm ElliottColeman
- Jamie Lee CurtisOphelia
- Paul GleasonClarence Beeks
- Frank OzCorrupt Cop
- Jim BelushiHarvey
- Kristin HolbyPenelope Witherspoon
- Alfred DrakePresident of Exchange
- Bo DiddleyPawnbroker
Stills
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Shows like Trading Places
Themes
new year's eveprostitutephiladelphia, pennsylvaniabutlerchristmas partysatirerags to richesbrokerbeggarwagerstockbrokerfish out of water
The Best Movies of 1983
Trading Places is #19 of 60
