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Trading Places
Directed by
John Landis
R
1983
1h 56m
Comedy
7.5
89%
85%
Rent for $3.99
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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Cast of Trading Places
Dan Aykroyd
Louis Winthorpe III
Eddie Murphy
Billy Ray Valentine
Ralph Bellamy
Randolph Duke
Don Ameche
Mortimer Duke
Denholm Elliott
Coleman
Kristin Holby
Penelope Witherspoon
Paul Gleason
Clarence Beeks
Jamie Lee Curtis
Ophelia
Alfred Drake
President of Exchange
Bo Diddley
Pawnbroker
Frank Oz
Corrupt Cop
Jim Belushi
Harvey
Al Franken
Baggage Handler #1
Tom Davis
Baggage Handler #2
Maurice Woods
Duke & Duke Employee
Richard D. Fisher, Jr.
Duke & Duke Employee
Jim Gallagher
Duke & Duke Employee
Anthony DiSabatino
Duke & Duke Employee
Bonnie Behrend
Duke & Duke Employee
Sunnie Merrill
Duke & Duke Employee
James Newell
Duke & Duke Employee
Mary St. John
Duke & Duke Employee
Bonnie Tremena
Duke & Duke Employee
David Schwartz
Duke & Duke Employee
Tom Degidon
Duke Domestic
William Magerman
Duke Domestic
Alan Dellay
Duke Domestic
Florence Anglin
Duke Domestic
Ray D'Amore
Duke Domestic
Bobra Suiter
Duke Domestic
Herb Peterson
Duke Domestic
Sue Dugan
Duke Domestic
Walt Gorney
Duke Domestic
B. Constance Barry
Duke Domestic
P. Jay Sidney
Heritage Club Doorman
Avon Long
Ezra
Tom Mardirosian
Officer Pantuzzi
Charles Brown
Officer Reynolds
Robert Curtis Brown
Todd
Nicholas Guest
Harry
John Bedford Lloyd
Andrew
Tony Sherer
Philip
Robert Earl Jones
Attendant
Robert E. Lee
Cop #1
Peter Hock
Cop #2
Clint Smith
Doo Rag Lenny
Ron Taylor
Big Black Guy
James D. Turner
Even Bigger Black Guy
Giancarlo Esposito
Cellmate #2
Steve Hofvendahl
Cellmate #3
James Eckhouse
Guard
Gwyllum Evans
President of Heritage Club
Eddie Jones
Cop #3
John McCurry
Cop #4
Michelle Mais
Hooker #1
Barra Khan
Hooker #2
Bill Cobbs
Bartender
Joshua Daniel
Party Goer
Jacques Sandulescu
Creepy Man
W.B. Brydon
Bank Manager
Margaret H. Flynn
Duke & Duke Receptionist
Kelly Curtis
Muffy
Tracey K. Shaffer
Constance
Susan Fallender
Bunny
Lucianne Buchanan
President's Mistress
Paul Garcia
Jr. Executive #1
Jed Gillin
Jr. Executive #2
Jimmy Raitt
Ophelia's Client
Kate Taylor
Duke's Secretary
Philip Bosco
Doctor
Bill Boggs
Newscaster
Deborah Reagan
Harvey's Girlfriend
Don McLeod
Gorilla
Stephen Stucker
Stationmaster
Richard Hunt
Wilson
Paul Austin
Trader #1
John Randolph Jones
Trader #2
Jack Davidson
Trader #3
Bernie McInerney
Trader #4
Maurice Copeland
Secretary of Agriculture
Ralph Clanton
Official #1
Bryan Clark
Official #2
Gary Klar
Longshoreman
Afemo Omilami
Longshoreman
Shelly Chee Chee Hall
Monica
Donna Palmer
Gladys
Barry Dennen
Demitri
Murray Bandel
Man at Police Station (uncredited)
Benjean
Stray Dog (uncredited)
John Black
Man Sitting on Couch at Party (uncredited)
John Landis
Man with Briefcase (uncredited)
Shirley Levine
Bag Lady (uncredited)
Charles Pendelton
Cop (uncredited)
Yvonna Russell
Girl in Park (uncredited)
Jan Saint
Man in Police Station (uncredited)
Arleen Sorkin
Woman at Party (uncredited)
Ronald Sylvers
Rolls Royce Driver (uncredited)
Marlene Willoughby
Woman Passed Out on Couch (uncredited)
Trading Places Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other.
Associated Press
Yardena Arar
Landis' direction is deft, but the sparkling performances are the real draw not only by Murphy and Aykroyd but also by Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy as the meddling oldsters, Denholm Elliott as the gentlemanly servant and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
Trading Places is a comedy of unavoidable fits and starts.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
Trading Places also makes Eddie Murphy a force to be reckoned with.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
This 1983 film re-creates a screwball comedy format and then eliminates everything but the crudest audience-gratification elements; any incursions into the more morally complicated side of the genre are quickly curtailed.
Variety
Variety Staff
Trading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
[A] shrewd but very likable movie.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Directed by John Landis with a surprising amount of class, though he lets some of his old Animal House' vulgarity slip ostentatiously into the action.
People Magazine
Ralph Novak
It's all outrageously contrived, and only surprising restraint by director John Landis makes it work. The writing is superb, too, leaving the two funnymen free to do the most inspired textured portrayals either has managed in movies.
Common Sense Media
Alex Orner
Edgy, bawdy '80s comedy not meant for kids.
Movie Metropolis
John J. Puccio
...a fun-filled film all the way around.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Preposterous lighthearted one-joke comedy.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...one of the most impressive comedies to emerge out of the 1980s.
DVDJournal.com
Betsy Bozdech
The story of a poor con artist and a wealthy commodities trader whose lives are suddenly swapped just isn't as much fun as it used to be.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eddie Murphy stars in one of his greatest roles.
Film Threat
Brad Laidman
Because Eddie doesn't have to carry the whole movie, he is free to make every word that comes out of his mouth infinitely appealing.
FromTheBalcony
Bill Clark
Hilarious chemistry between Aykroyd and Murphy.
TV Guide
The rise of Valentine and the fall of Winthorpe are a source of great fun.
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