This 1983 comedy works for me because of the interaction between the actors Don Ameche, Denholm Elliot and Eddie Murphy.
Ameche and Denholm portray the Duke brothers who own and run the Duke and Duke investment firm. The two Duke's make their Usual Bet wager on human nature. Randalph (Elliot) bets his brother Mortamer (Ameche) that a homeless hustler (Murphy) can run their company as well as their nephew Lewis. (Dan Aykroyd)
The two Dukes arrange a devious destruction of Lewis's life, and put Murphy in his place, complete with Lewis's job and his house for no valid reason, other than a stupid bet, and the comedy begins.
The above photo is from "Trading Places." In this scene the two Duke brothers are explaining to Murphy what exactly their company does. The Duke and Duke company invests in many products including wheat, coffee, pork products, gold and citrus goods. The look on Eddie Murphy's face is priceless when Elliot talks about bacon, which he says may be found in a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. The below picture of Murphy says it all.
Christmas for me is a great time to watch various holiday films regularly during this time of year, and "Trading Places" always works for me during the holidaze! Three and half stars for this vintage flick.
Mark Izzy Schurr
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