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John Landis

CTL-P-1230 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-03300 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1230. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Creator of Trading Places

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Creator of Trading Places

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Trading Places (1983) was directed by John Landis — AFI's Movie Club page describes it as 'a hilarious rags-to-riches comedy directed by John Landis'. This establishes the stored pairing (stored as 'Creator of Trading Places'; the established credit is director). Checked 2026-10-17.

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