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Trading Places

1983 Comedy film Christmas film

Trading Places is a 1983 film directed by John Landis. It stars Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy and others.

Crew & production

Director
John Landis
Screenwriters
Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris
Producer
Aaron Russo
Director of photography
Robert Paynter
Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Editor
Malcolm Campbell
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Original language
English
Filming locations
Philadelphia, United States Virgin Islands

Trailer

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Top cast

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Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Louis Winthorpe III
Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Billy Ray Valentine

Ralph Bellamy

Randolph Duke

Don Ameche

Mortimer Duke

Denholm Elliott

Coleman

Jamie Lee Curtis

Ophelia

Paul Gleason

Role not listed

Frank Oz

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Jim Belushi

Role not listed

Bo Diddley

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Al Franken

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Alfred Drake

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More cast

  • James Eckhouse
  • Kelly Curtis
  • Robert Earl Jones
  • Ron Taylor
  • Tom Davis
  • Robert Curtis Brown
  • John Bedford Lloyd
  • Giancarlo Esposito
  • Eddie Jones
  • Bill Cobbs
  • Philip Bosco
  • Tom Mardirosian
  • Barry Dennen
  • Avon Long

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q504151), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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