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James Belushi, the brother of the late John Belushi, appears briefly during the train scene as "Harvey", the man in the gorilla costume.  -Thanks to Philip MartinJamie Lee Curtis' sister Kelly has a small part in this movie. She plays the debutante "Muffy", serenaded with several other girls by the rich boys in the scene where Winthorpe is begging for his friend's re-acceptance. -Thanks to John Edward KilduffThe story about the Duke's cornering of the orange juice market was probably inspired by the "Silver Thursday" market crash of 27 March 1980: where the Hunt brothers of Texas tried to corner the silver market and subsequently failed to meet a $100 million margin call. In the scene where Winthorp looks through the window at Eddie Murphy while he is enjoying a meal with all of his old aquaintances, someone asks Billy Ray what he thinks of April Wheat. I'm a real commodities broker and the contract they asked him about does not exist. They did this on purpose because you must have the correct license to even comment on a market. Hence the fake month for wheat. Just an interesting tidbit. -Thanks to AaronAmeche and Bellamy reprised their roles in the 1988 Eddie Murphy movie Coming To America, where Murphy gives a bag of cash to two bums on the street. They turn out to be the Dukes, who declare "We're back!" In the apartment belonging to Ophelia, there is a poster for a film "See You Next Wednesday." This film title is one of John Landis's trademark in-jokes. References to it can be seen in many of his movies. It was the film which was being shown in the blue movie theatre in his previous work "An American Werewolf in London" (1981) and refernce is made to in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. -Thanks to Robert BaumAl Franken (author, Saturday Night Live writer/cast member) appears briefly in a couple of scenes as one of the baggage handlers for the train, that are in charge of the care of a gorilla. -Thanks to Joshua DavisMupeteer Frank Oz makes a cameo as the Police officer who processes Dan Aykroyd and has appeared in Landis' other releases "The Blues Brothers" (1980) and ""An American Werewolf in London" along with future works "Spies Like Us" (1985) and "Innocent Blood." -Thanks to Robert BaumEddie Jones, Jonathan Kent in "Lois & Clark" plays one of the cops who processes Dan Aykroyd. -Thanks to LucaDan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis both starred in the movie My Girl together and played each others love interest just like in Trading Places. -Thanks to Aimee LingBo Diddley, one of the founding fathers of rock and roll, was the Pawn Shop Owner where Winthorpe tried to sell his watch. The Entire movie is based on a book By Mark Twain "The Million Pound Bank Note" The book is about an American man who is stranded in England without any money or friends. But one day two old brothers give him a million pound note to see if he can survive a month on the note. It may sound as simple as that, but he can't cash the note because there were only two £1,000,000 notes ever printed and it looks quite suspect if a bum tries to cash it in. The orange juice factor is also based on this book but in this book it is a Curry. -Thanks to Zohab KhanJames Eckhouse, the father on Beverly Hills 90210 played one of the officers that processed Eddie Murphy in the police station after his arrest. -Thanks to Brian Baum"Trading Places" was only Eddie Murphy's second movie role. Paul Gleason (Clarence Beeks) later went on to star as the somewhat similar principal "Richard Vernon" in "The Breakfast Club." -Thanks to Raj Mehta« Click here to add some Trading Places trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Trading Places or 80's Comedy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Tootsie ..... Raising Arizona ..... Good Morning, Vietnam ..... Blues Brothers ..... Heathers ..... Fast Times At Ridgemont High ..... This Is Spinal Tap ..... Naked Gun ..... Adventures In Babysitting ..... Airplane ..... License To Drive ..... Money Pit ..... Porky's ..... Risky Business ..... Twins ..... Soul Man .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: Louis Winthorpe's (Dan Ackroyd) HouseWanna see the real life filming location used for Louis Winthorpe's (Dan Ackroyd) House in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at A Private Residence, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [New! Show Google Map] First Fidelity Bank's cathedral-like bank lobby at 135 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA was used for Duke & Duke Co. The Dukes' mansion exterior shots were filmed at Mill Neck Manor, in Long Island NY. It's now used by the Millneck foundation as a base for various charities serving the deaf community. Their website is www.millneck.org. Rittenhouse Square Park was where the Eddie Murphy's initial scene was filmed witht the two policemen. [Thanks to Jesper Glysing-Jense] Jamie Lee Curtis' slum apartment was on South Street- the numbers on the door (I cannot recall) is the actual street address. [Thanks to Natasha] Independance National Park, PA was also used. Even the World Trade Center in NY was used for the trading scenes. 1500 Market Street is the backdrop for the scene where Aykroyd is crawling on his knees to the cab where Curtis is located. The giant clothespin in the background was done by Claes Oldenberg. [Thanks to Collin] The bus where Winthorp ends up after the party is the 'C' bus that travels around City Hall, and is about 500 feet from where the "Duke and Duke" building (First Union Bank) is located. [Thanks to Collin] Can you help? Do you know any of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (or any other) filming locations used for Trading Places? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Not known. Original Music by Elmer Bernstein, Non-Original Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (From opera "The Marriage of Figaro".) -Thanks to Kevin Alexander« Click here to add new music trivia for Trading Places Soundtrack Available: Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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