They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Character
Comic, classical in form, resolved and cool.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
39 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Dan AykroydLouis Winthorpe III
- Eddie MurphyBilly Ray Valentine
- Ralph BellamyRandolph Duke
- Don AmecheMortimer Duke
- Denholm ElliottColeman
- Jamie Lee CurtisOphelia
- Paul GleasonClarence Beeks
- Frank OzCorrupt Cop
- Jim BelushiHarvey
- Kristin HolbyPenelope Witherspoon
Crew
- John LandisDirector
- Timothy HarrisWriter
- Herschel WeingrodWriter
- Robert PaynterDirector of Photography
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Malcolm CampbellEditor
- Irwin RussoProducer
- Aaron RussoProducer
- Sam WilliamsProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
21 Jump Street 201280% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, resolved.
Fletch 198580% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, cool.
A Fish Called Wanda 198879% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, cool.
Go West 192579% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, resolved.
Coming to America 198876% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, resolved.
Josie and the Pussycats 200175% alikeBoth comic, cool, resolved.
Addams Family Values 199375% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, cool.
The Front Page 197475% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, cool.
The New Statesman 198770% alikeSeries · Both comic, cool, classical in form.
Late Show with David Letterman 199369% alikeSeries · Both comic, classical in form, cool.
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