Trading Places (1983)
Sociologie is het stokpaardje van Randolph Duke. Hij is er heilig van overtuigd dat het milieu waarin iemand leeft en opgroeit bepalend is voor het lot van de mens. Zijn broer Mortimer denkt er helemaal anders over. Ze besluiten uit te maken wie het bij het rechte eind heeft. De inzet van hun weddenschap bedraagt maar 1$ dollar. Ze scheppen hun eigen onderzoeksterrein. De rijke Louis Winthorpe, de laatste overlevende van een schatrijke familie met een zorgeloos bestaan, willen ze het leven geven van de arme bedelaar Billy Ray Valentine en omgekeerd. Met de hulp van de schurk Clarence Beeks is het kinderspel om hun plannen uit te voeren. In een handomdraai krijgen hun twee proefkonijnen een totaal nieuw leven.
Regiseur: John Landis
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Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III |
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Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine |
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Ralph Bellamy as Randolph Duke |
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Don Ameche as Mortimer Duke |
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Denholm Elliott as Coleman |
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Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia |
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Paul Gleason as Clarence Beeks |
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Frank Oz as Corrupt Cop |
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Jim Belushi as Harvey |
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Kristin Holby as Penelope Witherspoon |
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Alfred Drake as President of Exchange |
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Bo Diddley as Pawnbroker |
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Al Franken as Baggage Handler #1 |
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Tom Davis as Baggage Handler #2 |
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Maurice Woods as Duke & Duke Employee |
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Richard D. Fisher, Jr. as Duke & Duke Employee |
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Anthony DiSabatino as Duke & Duke Employee |
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Bonnie Behrend as Duke & Duke Employee |
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Sunnie Merrill as Duke & Duke Employee |
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James Newell as Duke & Duke Employee |
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Mary St. John as Duke & Duke Employee |
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Bonnie Tremena as Duke & Duke Employee |
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David Schwartz as Duke & Duke Employee |
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Tom Degidon as Duke Domestic |
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William Magerman as Duke Domestic |
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Alan Dellay as Duke Domestic |
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Florence Anglin as Duke Domestic |
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Ray D'Amore as Duke Domestic |
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Bobra Suiter as Duke Domestic |
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Herb Peterson as Duke Domestic |
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Sue Dugan as Duke Domestic |
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Walt Gorney as Duke Domestic |
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B. Constance Barry as Duke Domestic |
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P. Jay Sidney as Heritage Club Doorman |
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Avon Long as Ezra |
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Tom Mardirosian as Officer Pantuzzi |
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Charles Brown as Officer Reynolds |
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Robert Curtis Brown as Todd |
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Nicholas Guest as Harry |
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John Bedford Lloyd as Andrew |
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Tony Sherer as Philip |
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Robert Earl Jones as Attendant |
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Robert E. Lee as Cop #1 |
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Peter Hock as Cop #2 |
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Clint Smith as Doo Rag Lenny |
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Ron Taylor as Big Black Guy |
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James D. Turner as Even Bigger Black Guy |
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Giancarlo Esposito as Cellmate #2 |
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Steve Hofvendahl as Cellmate #3 |
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James Eckhouse as Guard |
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Gwyllum Evans as President of Heritage Club |
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Eddie Jones as Cop #3 |
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John McCurry as Cop #4 |
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Michelle Mais as Hooker #1 |
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Barra Khan as Hooker #2 |
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Bill Cobbs as Bartender |
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Joshua Daniel as Party Goer |
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Jacques Sandulescu as Creepy Man |
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W.B. Brydon as Bank Manager |
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Margaret H. Flynn as Duke & Duke Receptionist |
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Kelly Curtis as Muffy |
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Tracey K. Shaffer as Constance |
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Susan Fallender as Bunny |
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Lucianne Buchanan as President's Mistress |
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Jed Gillin as Jr. Executive #2 |
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Jimmy Raitt as Ophelia's Client |
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Kate Taylor as Duke's Secretary |
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Philip Bosco as Doctor |
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Bill Boggs as Newscaster |
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Deborah Reagan as Harvey's Girlfriend |
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Don McLeod as Gorilla |
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Stephen Stucker as Stationmaster |
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Richard Hunt as Wilson |
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Paul Austin as Trader #1 |
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John Randolph Jones as Trader #2 |
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Jack Davidson as Trader #3 |
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Bernie McInerney as Trader #4 |
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Maurice Copeland as Secretary of Agriculture |
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Ralph Clanton as Official #1 |
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Bryan Clark as Official #2 |
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Gary Klar as Longshoreman |
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Afemo Omilami as Longshoreman |
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Shelly Chee Chee Hall as Monica |
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Donna Palmer as Gladys |
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Barry Dennen as Demitri |
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Murray Bandel as Man at Police Station (uncredited) |
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Benjean as Stray Dog (uncredited) |
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John Black as Man Sitting on Couch at Party (uncredited) |
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John Landis as Man with Briefcase (uncredited) |
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Shirley Levine as Bag Lady (uncredited) |
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Charles Pendelton as Cop (uncredited) |
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Yvonna Russell as Girl in Park (uncredited) |
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Jan Saint as Man in Police Station (uncredited) |
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Arleen Sorkin as Woman at Party (uncredited) |
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Ronald Sylvers as Rolls Royce Driver (uncredited) |
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Marlene Willoughby as Woman Passed Out on Couch (uncredited) |
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Jim Gallagher as Duke & Duke Employee |
| Art | Gene Rudolf | Production Design |
| Directing | John Landis | Director |
| Production | Bonnie Timmermann | Casting |
| Art | George DeTitta Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Production | Irwin Russo | Producer |
| Production | George Folsey Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Production | Aaron Russo | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Nadoolman Landis | Costume Design |
| Art | George DeTitta Sr. | Set Decoration |
| Production | Sam Williams | Producer |
| Editing | Malcolm Campbell | Editor |
| Camera | Robert Paynter | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Jones | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Linda Conaway-Parsloe | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Renee Bodner | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Timothy Harris | Writer |
| Writing | Herschel Weingrod | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Bianco | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Charles L. Campbell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Engel | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Frank Graziadei | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | James Sabat | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Hank Muller | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Larry Carow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jerry Stanford | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Larry Mann | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Andy Perillo | Special Effects |
| Sound | Bruce Richardson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Chuck Neely | Assistant Sound Editor |