Trading Places

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CTL-W-1284 · Work

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Combined Graph record U-03153 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1284. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Trading Places is a film released in 1983 (Collider: '1983's Trading Places'). The film was directed by John Landis (Collider). Principal cast as stated by Collider: Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine, Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III, Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as the Duke brothers, Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia.

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Trading Places is a film released in 1983 (Collider: '1983's Trading Places'). The film was directed by John Landis (Collider). Principal cast as stated by Collider: Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine, Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III, Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as the Duke brothers, Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia.

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Year: 1983
Work type: film

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https://collider.com/trading-places-money-making-scheme/ (verification source · master store)

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Trading Places is a film released in 1983 (Collider: '1983's Trading Places'). The film was directed by John Landis (Collider). Principal cast as stated by Collider: Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine, Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III, Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as the Duke brothers, Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia.

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