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Trading Places (1983)

★ 7.2 · 3,637 ratings on TMDB

They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.

Trading Places poster★ 7.2

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

DirectorJohn Landis
CastDan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliott, Don Ameche, Eddie Murphy, Frank Oz, Jamie Lee Curtis
GenresComedy
The emergence reading

Trading Places keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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