Trading Places
- Release Date
- June 7, 1983
- Director
- John Landis
- Cast
- Denholm Elliott , Dan Aykroyd , Maurice Woods , Richard D. Fisher Jr. , Jim Gallagher , Anthony DiSabatino
- Runtime
- 118
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Timothy Harris , Herschel Weingrod
- Tagline
- They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.
Summary
Mortimer and Randolph Duke are commodity brokers who enjoy a little wager now and then. For the latest bet, Randolph believes they can take a common criminal and make him a successful businessman in the company. The criminal, Billy Ray, is to be given the job and home of Louis, who in turn is set up for crimes he didn't commit, to see if he resorts to crime once he's lost his rich environment and friends.
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