Trading Places1983
Trading Places (1983)
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Cast
as Louis Winthorpe III
as Billy Ray Valentine
as Randolph Duke
as Mortimer Duke
as Ophelia
as Coleman
as Clarence Beeks
as Penelope Witherspoon
as President of Exchange
as Pawnbroker
as Corrupt Cop
as Harvey
as Baggage Handler #1
as Baggage Handler #2
as Duke & Duke Employee #3
as Duke & Duke Employee #5
as Duke & Duke Employee #7
as Duke & Duke Employee #2
as Duke & Duke Employee #4
as Duke & Duke Employee #6
as Duke & Duke Employee #8
as Duke & Duke Employee #10
as Duke & Duke Employee #1
as Duke & Duke Employee #9
as Duke Domestic #1
as Duke Domestic #3
as Duke Domestic #5
as Duke Domestic #7
as Duke Domestic #9
as Duke Domestic #2
as Duke Domestic #4
as Duke Domestic #6
as Duke Domestic #8
as Duke Domestic #10
as Heritage Club Doorman
as Ezra
as Officer Pantuzzi
as Off. Reynolds
as Todd
as Harry
as Andrew
as Philip
as Attendant
as Cop #1
as Cop #3
as Cop #4
as Cop #2
as Doo Rag Lenny
as Big Black Guy
as Even Bigger Black Guy
as Cellmate #2
as Cellmate #3
as Guard
as President of Heritage Club
as Hooker #1
as Hooker #2
as Bartender
as Party Goer
as Creepy Man
as Bank Manager
as Duke & Duke Receptionist
as Muffy
as Constance
as Bunny
as President's Mistress
as Jr. Executive #1
as Jr. Executive #2
as Ophelia's Client
as Duke's Secretary
as Doctor
as Newscaster
as Harvey's Girlfriend
as Gorilla
as Stationmaster
as Wilson
as Trader #1
as Trader #2
as Trader
as Trader #4
as Secretary of Agriculture
as Official #1
as Official #2
as Longshoreman #1
as Longshoreman #2
as Monica
as Gladys
as Demitri
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Critic Reviews for Trading Places
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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.
Trading Places is a comedy of unavoidable fits and starts.
Trading Places also makes Eddie Murphy a force to be reckoned with.
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.
Trading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
As a satire on the internecine savagery of fiscal doings under late Reaganite capitalism, the movie is not as biting as it thinks it is; but it's still the best hoot since Arthur.
Audience Reviews for Trading Places
The Book of Job meets Pygmalion in this intelligent comedy that benefits from great performances (especially by Eddie Murphy), and, no matter how utterly implausible everything we see here is, at least it sells us the whole thing with enough conviction to make it a blast.
Super Reviewer
Okay 80's comedy. Laughed a few times.
Super Reviewer
A classic 80s comedy that's still surprisingly relevant in our day.
Super Reviewer
Trading Places Quotes
| Billy Ray Valentine: | That's my Harvard tie! Like, oh sure, he went to Harvard! |
| Louis Winthorpe III: | That's my Harvard tie! Like, oh sure, he went to Harvard! |
| Gorilla: | The party's over? It's only ten o'clock! |
| Ophelia: | I'm a whore with a heart of gold. |
| Pawnbroker: | I'm really Bo Diddly. |