Trading Places is a 1983 English-language Comedy movie written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. The movie is directed by John Landis and produced by Aaron Russo under the banner of Cinema Group Ventures. A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. Trading places stars Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis and Marlene Willoughby. The music was composed by Elmer Bernstein. Cinematography was done by Robert Paynter and editing by Malcolm Campbell. The motion picture has a running time of 116 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Trading Places was made on a budget of $15 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $90 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Paramount Pictures.