A report on Trading Places

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Dan Aykroyd pictured in 2009. Paramount Pictures saw Aykroyd's success as tied to his partnership with the late John Belushi, and the studio did not want to cast him, but his previous work with director John Landis helped him to secure the role
The Curtis Institute of Music pictured in 2010. The building was used as the exterior of the Heritage Club where Winthorpe and Valentine first meet.
Winthorpe, Valentine, Ophelia, and Coleman retire with their gains to a tropical beach. The scene was shot on location in St Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
Jamie Lee Curtis pictured in 2018. She was dismissed as only a horror film star before her critically well-received breakthrough performance in Trading Places.
Eddie Murphy pictured in 2010. His successes with 48 Hrs. and Trading Places elevated him to film superstardom.
A drawing from the 1882 novel The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Trading Places is seen as a modern retelling of that story and Twain's 1893 short story The Million Pound Bank Note.

1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis, with a screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod.

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Tom Davis (comedian)

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American comedian, writer, and author.

American comedian, writer, and author.

The duo wrote the screenplay for and appeared in the film One More Saturday Night, and had brief appearances in Trading Places and The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash.

Herschel Weingrod

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American screenwriter.

American screenwriter.

He has written and co-written a number of Hollywood blockbusters including Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop and Space Jam with fellow writer Timothy Harris.

Elliott in 1985

Denholm Elliott

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English actor, with more than 125 film and television credits.

English actor, with more than 125 film and television credits.

Elliott in 1985

His well-known roles include the abortionist in Alfie (1966), Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Coleman in Trading Places (1983), and Mr Emerson in A Room with a View (1985).

Ameche on the set of International Showtime in 1964

Don Ameche

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American actor, comedian and vaudevillian.

American actor, comedian and vaudevillian.

Ameche on the set of International Showtime in 1964
Ameche and Carmen Miranda in That Night in Rio (1941)
Ameche in 1946
Ameche in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band
Ameche in Down Argentine Way (1940)
Jack Haley (left), Alice Faye (center), Don Ameche and Tyrone Power (right) in a trailer for Alexander's Ragtime Band.

Returning to film work in his later years, Ameche enjoyed a fruitful revival of his career beginning with his role as a villain in Trading Places (1983) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cocoon (1985).

Belushi in 2015

Jim Belushi

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American actor, comedian and musician.

American actor, comedian and musician.

Belushi in 2015
Belushi at the 39th Venice International Film Festival in 1982
Belushi in House of Blues in Houston, 2008

Belushi also appeared in the film Trading Places as a drunk man in a gorilla suit during a New Year's Eve party.

Bernstein guest conducting the U.S. Air Force Band in 1981

Elmer Bernstein

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American composer and conductor.

American composer and conductor.

Bernstein guest conducting the U.S. Air Force Band in 1981

He is known for his work on the comedic films, Animal House (1978), Meatballs (1979), Airplane! (1980), The Blues Brothers (1980), Stripes (1981), Trading Places (1984), Ghostbusters (1984), Spies Like Us (1985), and Three Amigos (1986).

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Beverly Hills Cop III

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Beverly Hills Cop III is a 1994 American action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on Trading Places and Coming to America.

Gleason as Assistant Principal Richard Vernon in The Breakfast Club (1985)

Paul Gleason

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American film and television actor.

American film and television actor.

Gleason as Assistant Principal Richard Vernon in The Breakfast Club (1985)

He was known for his roles on television series such as All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club, Trading Places, and Die Hard.

Drake photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1951

Alfred Drake

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American actor and singer.

American actor and singer.

Drake photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1951

He appeared in a minor film role as president of the stock exchange in the classic comedy Trading Places (1983), with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.

Bellamy in 1934

Ralph Bellamy

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American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, film, and television.

American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, film, and television.

Bellamy in 1934
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Bellamy in a publicity shot for His Girl Friday (1940)
Gloria McGehee and Ralph Bellamy in Man Against Crime (1953)
Guest stars for the 1961 premiere episode of The Dick Powell Show, "Who Killed Julie Greer?". Standing, from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, Edgar Bergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left: Carolyn Jones and Dick Powell.
As Franklin D. Roosevelt (1960)

This was quickly followed by his role as Randolph Duke, a conniving millionaire commodities trader in Trading Places (1983) alongside Don Ameche.