They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Comic, classical in form, resolved and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
39 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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“Does Eddie Murphy steal Trading Places from Dan Aykroyd?”
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A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
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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
Crew
- John LandisDirector
- Timothy HarrisWriter
- Herschel WeingrodWriter
- Robert PaynterDirector of Photography
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Malcolm CampbellEditor
- Irwin RussoProducer
- Aaron RussoProducer
- Sam WilliamsProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
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Both comic, classical in form, effortless.
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