Trading Places

Duke brothers Randolph and Mortimer own a successful commodities brokerage firm Duke & Duke in Philadelphia. Holding opposing views on the issue of nature versus nurture, they make a wager and agree to conduct an experiment switching the lives of two unwitting people at opposite sides of the social hierarchy and observing the results. They witness an encounter between their managing director—the well-mannered and educated Louis Winthorpe III, engaged to the Dukes' grand-niece Penelope—and a poor street hustler named Billy Ray Valentine; Valentine is arrested at Winthorpe's insistence because of a suspected robbery attempt. The Dukes decide to use the two men for their experiment.

MPAA Rating:R
Genre:Comedy
Country:United States
Produced By:Irwin Russo, Sam Williams, Aaron Russo, George Folsey Jr.
Directed By:John Landis
Written By:Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris
Cast:Arleen Sorkin, Eddie Murphy, Bryan Clark, Ralph Clanton, Charles Brown, Ray D'Amore, Susan Fallender, Alan Dellay, James Eckhouse, George Folsey Jr., Clint Smith, Giancarlo Esposito, Joshua Daniel, Tom Mardirosian, Peter Fey, Bobra Suiter, Gwyllum Evans, Steve Hofvendahl, Bill Cobbs, Michelle Mais, John Landis, Paul Austin, Ralph Bellamy, Avon Long, William Magerman, John McCurry, Don Ameche, Robert Curtis Brown, Maurice Copeland, Philip Bosco, Stephen Stucker, Jacques Sandulescu, Tom Davis, Walt Gorney, Paul Gleason, Donna Palmer, Don McLeod, Frank Oz, Barry Dennen, Florence Anglin, B. Constance Barry, Bonnie Tremena, Lucianne Buchanan, Jim Belushi, P. Jay Sidney, Jack Davidson, Anthony DiSabatino, Peter Hock, Bernie McInerney, Sue Dugan, John Randolph Jones, Bill Boggs, Charles Pendelton, Marlene Willoughby, Bo Diddley, Dan Aykroyd, Gary Howard Klar, David Schwartz, Eddie Jones, Denholm Elliott, Richard Hunt, Ron Taylor, Afemo Omilami, Maurice Woods, Margaret H. Flynn, Nicholas Guest, Paul Garcia, Al Franken, W.B. Brydon, Jim Gallagher, James Newell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bonnie Behrend, Tom Degidon, Richard D. Fisher Jr., Sunnie Merrill, Kelly Curtis, Jed Gillin, Mary St. John, John Bedford Lloyd, Alfred Drake, Robert Earl Jones
In Theaters:Jun 08, 1983
Runtime:1 hour 56 minutes
Production:Paramount Pictures, Cinema Group Ventures
Budget:$15,000,000
Box Office:$90,404,800
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