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What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy with Dan Aykroyd and director John Landis? You get a timeless comedy classic laced with sidesplitting, satiric humor. Murphy stars as a small-time con artist who gets a chance to switch lives with Aykroyd's big-time stock market maven. But their reversal of fortunes is just a cruel joke perpetrated by two bored mega-rich brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) as part of an idle bet. When the truth comes out...the consequences are sheer comedy gold!
Original Release
06/07/1983
US Release
06/08/1983
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Denholm Elliott | Coleman |
Dan Aykroyd | Louis Winthorpe III |
Maurice Woods | Duke & Duke Employee |
Richard D. Fisher Jr. | Duke & Duke Employee |
Jim Gallagher | Duke & Duke Employee |
Anthony DiSabatino | Duke & Duke Employee |
Bonnie Behrend | Duke & Duke Employee |
Sunnie Merrill | Duke & Duke Employee |
James Newell | Duke & Duke Employee |
Mary St. John | Duke & Duke Employee |
Directors
Writers
Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
Cast
Name | Character |
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Denholm Elliott | Coleman |
Dan Aykroyd | Louis Winthorpe III |
Maurice Woods | Duke & Duke Employee |
Richard D. Fisher Jr. | Duke & Duke Employee |
Jim Gallagher | Duke & Duke Employee |
Anthony DiSabatino | Duke & Duke Employee |
Bonnie Behrend | Duke & Duke Employee |
Sunnie Merrill | Duke & Duke Employee |
James Newell | Duke & Duke Employee |
Mary St. John | Duke & Duke Employee |
Bonnie Tremena | Duke & Duke Employee |
David Schwartz | Duke & Duke Employee |
Ralph Bellamy | Randolph Duke |
Don Ameche | Mortimer Duke |
Tom Degidon | Duke Domestic |
William Magerman | Duke Domestic |
Alan Dellay | Duke Domestic |
Florence Anglin | Duke Domestic |
Ray D'Amore | Duke Domestic |
Bobra Harris | Duke Domestic |
Producers
Name | Role |
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George Folsey Jr. | Executive Producer |
Aaron Russo | Producer |
Irwin Russo | Producer |
Sam Williams | Producer |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1984 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score | Nominated |
1984 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1984 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |