Trading Places

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Cast

Dan Aykroyd

as Louis Winthorpe III

Eddie Murphy

as Billy Ray Valentine

Ralph Bellamy

as Randolph Duke

Don Ameche

as Mortimer Duke

Denholm Elliott

as Coleman

Kristin Holby

as Penelope Witherspoon

Paul Gleason

as Clarence Beeks

Jamie Lee Curtis

as Ophelia

Alfred Drake

as President of Exchange

Bo Diddley

as Pawnbroker

Reviews

John Chard

The Prince and the Pauper with Eddie & Dan on sparkling form. Mortimer & Randolph Duke are two repugnantly rich brothers, they make a bet that sees the role reversal of top toff yuppie, Louis Winthorpe, and wise cracking street hustler bum, Billy Ray Valentine. That's about the strength of the fi...

JPV852

Seen this one numerous times over the years, not quite a laugh-out-loud riot or anything but still pretty funny throughout with great performances all around. Although their screen time together was mostly limited to the last 30-minutes, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy were great as were Denholm Elliot...

Peter89Spencer

Is it offensive? Very much. Is it worth watching? Absolutely. Is it funny as hell? Hell yeah! This classic OUTRAGEOUS comedy caper is the perfect holiday film to watch in between Christmas and New Year's Eve....

CinemaSerf

I am not really a fan of Eddie Murphy, but with the help of Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche doing their own version of a more manipulative pairing akin to "Stadler and Waldorf", he delivers well here in this rather punchy comedy. Our two elderly gents are wealthy and employ "Winthorpe" (Dan Akyroyd) to...

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