Trading Places
A high‑falutin Wall Street broker and a streetwise hustler have their lives swapped in a cutthroat bet, forcing each to survive the other's world while they plot revenge against the ruthless financiers who engineered the experiment.
“They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.”
Synopsis
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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The scale of the collaboration
A crew of 289+ credited
Why a floor?
This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.
Craft leads on file
Edited by Malcolm CampbellShot by Robert PaynterScored by Elmer BernsteinDesigned by Gene RudolfSound by Charles L CampbellCostumes by Deborah Nadoolman
Box Office
1983 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.0× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$90.4M
Opening weekend: $7.3M — 8% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $13.1M — 14% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,375 theaters
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Also known as
- Die Glücksritterde
- Un fauteuil pour deuxfr
- Una poltrona per dueit
Release dates around the world3 countries · showhide
- CanadaJun 7, 1983
- United StatesJun 7, 1983
- SwedenSep 16, 1983
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Cast & Crew
289 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Eddie Murphy
as Billy Ray Valentine
Dan Aykroyd
as Louis Winthorpe III
Ralph Bellamy
as Randolph Duke
Don Ameche
as Mortimer Duke
Denholm Elliott
as Coleman
Maurice Woods
as Duke & Duke Employee
Richard D Fisher Jr
as Duke & Duke Employee
Jim Gallagher
as Duke & Duke Employee
Anthony Disabatino
as Duke & Duke Employee
Bonnie Behrend
as Duke & Duke Employee
Sunnie Merrill
as Duke & Duke Employee
James Newell
as Duke & Duke Employee
Supporting cast
94Mary St John
as Duke & Duke Employee
Bonnie Tremena
as Duke & Duke Employee
David Schwartz
as Duke & Duke Employee
Kelly Curtis
as as Muffy
Tom Degidon
as Duke Domestic
William Magerman
as Duke Domestic
Alan Dellay
as Duke Domestic
Florence Anglin
as Duke Domestic
Ray D Amore
as Duke Domestic
Bobra Harris
as Duke Domestic
Herb Peterson
as Duke Domestic
Sue Dugan
as Duke Domestic
Walt Gorney
as Duke Domestic
B Constance Barry
as Duke Domestic
P Jay Sidney
as Heritage Club Doorman
Avon Long
as Ezra
Tom Mardirosian
as Officer Pantuzzi
Charles Brown
as Officer Reynolds
Robert Curtis Brown
as Todd
Nicholas Guest
as Harry
John Bedford Lloyd
as Andrew
Tony Sherer
as Philip
Robert Earl Jones
as Attendant
Robert E Lee
as Cop #1
Peter Hock
as Cop #2
Kristin Holby
as Penelope Witherspoon
Clint Smith
as Doo Rag Lenny
Ron Taylor
as Big Black Guy
James D Turner
as Even Bigger Black Guy
Giancarlo Esposito
as Cellmate #2
Steve Hofvendahl
as Cellmate #3
James Eckhouse
as Guard
Paul Gleason
as Clarence Beeks
Gwyllum Evans
as President of Heritage Club
Frank Oz
as Corrupt Cop
Eddie Jones
as Cop #3
John Mccurry
as Cop #4
Michelle Mais
as Hooker #1
Barra Kahn
as Hooker #2
Bill Cobbs
as Bartender
Joshua Daniel
as Party Goer
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Ophelia
Jacques Sandulescu
as Creepy Man
W B Brydon
as Bank Manager
Margaret H Flynn
as Duke & Duke Receptionist
Tracy K Shaffer
as Constance
Susan Fallender
as Bunny
Bo Diddley
as Pawnbroker
Alfred Drake
as President of Exchange
Lucianne Buchanan
as President's Mistress
Paul Garcia
as Jr. Executive #1
Jed Gillin
as Jr. Executive #2
Jimmy Raitt
as Ophelia's Client
Kate Taylor
as Duke's Secretary
Philip Bosco
as Doctor
Bill Boggs
as Newscaster
Jim Belushi
as Harvey
Deborah Reagan
as Harvey's Girlfriend
Al Franken
as Baggage Handler #1
Tom Davis
as Baggage Handler #2
Don Mcleod
as Gorilla
Stephen Stucker
as Stationmaster
Richard Hunt
as Wilson
Paul Austin
as Trader #1
John Randolph Jones
as Trader #2
Jack Davidson
as Trader #3
Bernie Mcinerney
as Trader #4
Maurice Copeland
as Secretary of Agriculture
Ralph Clanton
as Official #1
Bryan Clark
as Official #2
Gary Howard Klar
as Longshoreman
Afemo Omilami
as Longshoreman
Shelly Chee Chee Hall
as Monica
Donna Palmer
as Gladys
Barry Dennen
as Demitri
Murray Bandel
as Man at Police Station
Benjean
as Stray Dog
John Black
as Man Sitting on Couch at Party
Peter Fey
as Extra
George Folsey Jr
as Extra
Lydia Komissarova
as Passerby
John Landis
as Man with Briefcase
David Lautrec
as Party Guest
Shirley Levine
as Bag Lady
Charles Pendelton
as Cop
Skip Rose
as Business Man
Yvonna Russell
as Girl in Park
Jan Saint
as Man in Police Station
Mimi Sherwin
as Woman
Arleen Sorkin
as Woman at Party
Randy Spears
as Bit part
Ronald Sylvers
as Rolls Royce Driver
Herbert R Weiman Sr
as Lawyer
Marlene Willoughby
as Woman Passed Out on Couch at Party
Directors
1Writers
2Producers
4Other crew
189George De Titta Sr
(as George DeTitta), as George DeTitta
Jay Cannistraci
additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Scott Rathner
additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Maggie Greenwald
adr assistant
Larry Singer
adr editor
Ernie Karpeles
animal handler
Linda Conaway Parsloe
assistant art director (as Linda Conaway)
Jim Barr
assistant auditor
Victoria Theodore
assistant auditor
Maureen Hudson Murari
assistant auditor (as Maureen Hudson)
Jim Hovey
assistant camera: second unit (as James Hovey)
Gary Jones Nm0428105
assistant costume designer
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