Pleated and pressed executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and down-and-out hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) become the subjects of a bet by successful brokers and brothers Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy). John Landis directs this clever social satire with hilarious performances by an unforgettable cast of old Hollywood greats and two of the funniest comic actors of the past forty years.
“Trading Places is a joy to behold: clever without being smart, affectionate without being sentinmental. They can makes movies like they used to.” — Derek Malcolm, The Guardian
“Landis’ direction is deft, but the sparkling performances are the real draw, not only by Murphy and Ackroyd, but also by Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy as the meddling oldsters, Denholm Elliott as the gentlemanly servant, and Jamie Lee Curtis.” — Yardena Arar, The Associated Press
directed by
John Landis
John Landis
written by
Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
with
Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy
Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy
country
United States
United States