Trading Places

1983 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 173,509 VOTES · DIR. John Landis

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Overview

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,088 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:04:00 Your breakfast, sir.
00:09:55 - Stay outta here! - You've got a lot of soul. I appreciate it.
00:13:30 It's got nothing to do with environment.
00:16:54 He's getting away.
00:20:09 It's either kill or be killed.
00:24:01 - Tell him how you beat on the cop. - Cops, plural.
00:28:32 No, I believe I can hang out with you fellas for a while.
00:31:37 Look, first you throw my ass in jail.
00:37:38 Yeah, Winthorpe Louis III.
00:41:22 Come on, everybody.
00:46:54 Louis, you're making a scene.
00:50:32 Yes?
00:55:15 Just be yourself, sir.
00:59:06 These were here when I moved in. Put 'em on if you want.
01:02:49 Well done, William. Very well done.
01:08:28 I can think of three good reasons why you shouldn't do that, judge.
01:14:56 Marijuana joints, pills, Quaaludes
01:19:23 Indeed.
01:25:30 Under heavy security
01:30:05 - Oh, yeah? - Say, have you guys been drinking?
01:34:55 Don't try anything funny or the whore loses a kidney.
01:41:24 Pressure? Here it's kill or be killed. Make no friends and take no prisoners.
01:48:32 Wilson, where are you going?
80:00:00 - Mmm.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,088
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:04:00
Final line80:00:00

Production Record

DirectorJohn Landis
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue$90,404,800
IMDb votes173,509