Trading Places
- Director
- John Landis
- Release Date
- June 8, 1983
- Cast
- Eddie Murphy , Jamie Lee Curtis , Ralph Bellamy , Don Ameche , Dan Aykroyd , Denholm Elliott
- Writers
- Timothy Harris , Herschel Weingrod
- Runtime
- 116 minutes
- Budget
- $15 million
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Cinematographer
- Robert Paynter
- Producer
- Aaron Russo
- Production Company
- Paramount Pictures, Cinema Group Ventures
- Sfx Supervisor
- Andy Perillo
- Distributor
- Paramount Pictures
- Assistant Director
- David Sosna
Summary
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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