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Where to Watch Trading Places (1983) in the US
- 1983
- R
- 1h 56m
- 7.5IMDb
- 87%Rotten Tomatoes
- 69Metascore
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What it's about
Louis Winthorpe is a businessman who works for commodities brokerage firm of Duke and Duke owned by the brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke. Now they bicker over the most trivial of matters and what they are bickering about is whether it's a person's environment or heredity that determines how well they will do in life. When Winthorpe bumps into Billy Ray Valentine, a street hustler and assumes he is trying to rob him, he has him arrested. Upon seeing how different the two men are, the brothers decide to make a wager as to what would happen if Winthorpe loses his job, his home and is shunned by everyone he knows and if Valentine was given Winthorpe's job. So they proceed to have Winthorpe arrested and to be placed in a compromising position in front of his girlfriend. So all he has to rely on is the hooker who was hired to ruin him.
Cast and crew
- Director
- John Landis
- Writer
- Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
- Starring
- Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy
Details
- Release date
- Jun 8, 1983
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Box office
- $90,404,800
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 8 nominations total
Where to Watch Trading Places (1983) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch Trading Places in the United States?
- Trading Places is available with a subscription, free with ads, free with a participating library card, or to rent in the United States. Watch the movie with a subscription on YouTube TV (4K). Watch the movie free with ads on YouTube (HD). Watch the movie free with a participating library card on hoopla and Kanopy (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, Prime Video, and Spectrum On Demand.
- Can I stream Trading Places or do I have to rent it in the United States?
- Watch the movie with a subscription on YouTube TV (4K). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, Prime Video, and Spectrum On Demand.
- Can I watch Trading Places for free in the United States?
- Watch the movie free with ads on YouTube (HD). Watch the movie free with a participating library card on hoopla and Kanopy (HD).
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