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Trading Places

69 Metascore
1983
1 hr 58 mins
Comedy
R

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Funny business about a snobby, wealthy investment broker unwittingly switching roles with a fast-talking street hustler as part of a whimsical wager orchestrated by two billionaire brothers, and then teaming up to exact revenge on the tycoons.

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Trading Places (Home Ent. Trailer)

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Awards

1984 - BAFTA Film Awards - Best Supporting Actor - winner
1984 - BAFTA Film Awards - Best Supporting Actress - winner
1984 - BAFTA Film Awards - Best Original Screenplay - nominated
1984 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - nominated

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Dan Aykroyd

Louis Winthorpe III

Eddie Murphy

Billy Ray Valentine

Ralph Bellamy

Randolph Duke

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