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Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 F [...]	D
Eddie Murphy later admitted that on the floor of the commodities exchange in the final scene, he onl [...]	D
(at around 1h 20 mins) The "other" Santa Claus is Mike Strug, a television reporter who once worked [...]	D
(at around 1h 29 mins) Stephen Stucker, who played the crazy, wisecracking air traffic control staff [...]	D
Valentine's alias when he poses as an exchange student from Cameroon on the train is "Nanga Eboko" w [...]	D
The exterior of the men's club is really the Curtis Institute of Music.	D
The number given to Dan Aykroyd (Louis Winthorpe III) in his mug shot, 74745058, is the same number [...]	D
Ray Milland was the first choice for the role of Mortimer Duke.	D
Nicholas Guest, Jamie Lee Curtis' future brother-in-law, appears as Harry.	D
(at around 1h 40 mins) When all the male traders in the bathroom hear the bell and rush out, not one [...]	D
Film debut of John Bedford Lloyd.	D
The character Billy Ray Valentine is based on a character named Henry Valentine in Ai confini della [...]	D
(at around 1h 45 mins) In the German dubbed version, after the official Crop Report was presented by [...]	D
When shown on television in April, 1987, it was the highest-rated theatrical film broadcast by any n [...]	D
Jamie Lee Curtis's topless scene was named #19 of its Top 20 Gratuitous Nude Scenes of The 1980s by [...]	D
The baggage handlers were supposed to be Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as the Mackenzie brothers from [...]	D
Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis) is painfully aware that her namesake was Hamlet's love. Curtis' father, T [...]	D
The "S car go" joke in the restaurant scene went right over Valentine's head, as he was unfamiliar w [...]	D
After Richard Pryor dropped out of the project early on, Gene Wilder pulled out soon after when he h [...]	D
(at around 23 mins) a young Giancarlo Esposito, of Breaking Bad - Reazioni collaterali (2008) and Th [...]	D
Arleen Sorkin: Woman at party.	D
Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche "cheerfully admitted" they were unfamiliar with Eddie Murphy and Dan Ay [...]	D
(at around 1h 4 mins) The punch line of Bunny's story ("...and she stepped on the ball") is a refere [...]	D
The idea for the film was inspired by a tennis game. "There were these two brothers who were both do [...]	D
The electronic status board at Duke & Duke (seen prominently in the Christmas scene) is the "Big Mon [...]	D
The original title was "Black and White", but John Landis hated it, and offered $100 to anyone who c [...]	D
Richard Hunt, Frank Oz's fellow Muppeteer, is Wilson. He is the Duke Brothers' trader on the stock e [...]	D
Several funny moments in the film came about by accident. Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche) having trouble [...]	D
John Landis: (at around 25 mins) When Valentine is released from jail, he stands near three men in t [...]	D
When the Officer Pantuzzi (Tom Mardirosian) and Officer Reynolds (Charles Brown) confront Billy Ray [...]	D
This was Jamie Lee Curtis' first nude scene. She'd appear topless again in Passione fatale (1983) th [...]	D
(at around 34 mins) The line "Gentlemen, there is something rotten in the Heritage Club" is a refere [...]	D
According to John Landis, Jamie Lee Curtis was a hard sell to Paramount, because she had only done h [...]	D
John Landis directed Eddie Murphy in this movie, as well as Beverly Hills Cop III - Un piedipiatti a [...]	D
The Duke brothers' manipulation of Louis and Billy Ray's fates is similar to God and Satan's bet in [...]	D
In releasing his financial records for 2012, Al Franken revealed he still gets royalties for his app [...]	D
(at around 3 mins) In the opening montage of Philadelphia, there is a shot of the Rocky statue erect [...]	D
Former Senator Al Franken, a former writer and cast member on Il Saturday Night Live (1975), and Tom [...]	D
(at around 1h 3 mins) The barbershop quartet song sung by Todd and his pals at the tennis club is su [...]	D
Despite running back towards the palm trees, the butler on the beach was not running towards any res [...]	D
The opening piece of music is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the Marriage of Figaro.	D
Cast includes one Oscar winner: Don Ameche and four Oscar nominees: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph [...]	D
A scene that was not included in the theatrical cut but is often seen when the movie is shown on tel [...]	D
Sir John Gielgud and Ronnie Barker were offered the role of Coleman the butler.	D
(at around 56 mins) When explaining how their business works, a portrait of the Marquis De Lafayette [...]	D
This movie was filmed immediately after the Ai confini della realtÃ (1983) accident, where Vic Mo [...]	D
(at around 1h 29 mins) When pretending to be the exchange student from Cameroon, Valentine (Eddie Mu [...]	D
Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy) and Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche) always wear matching suits and tie patt [...]	D
(at around 37 mins) One of the portraits in the Heritage Club seen as Winthrope is being led out by [...]	D
(at around 1h 8 mins) When William (Billy Ray) is dining in the fancy restaurant with Mortimer and R [...]	D
(at around 1h 27 mins) The man dressed as the gorilla in the train party scene is Jim Belushi.	D
John Landis: [police] (at around 37 mins) Frank Oz has a cameo as a police officer who is checking i [...]	D
Kristin Holby's debut.	D
Jamie Lee Curtis landed her role as a result of hosting John Landis's horror compilation Coming Soon [...]	D
This was Don Ameche's first film since Supponiamo che dichiarino la guerra e nessuno ci vada (1970). [...]	D
Alfred Drake's last film.	D
John Landis: [prison number] (at around 39 mins) Louis' (Dan Aykroyd's) prison number is 74745058, w [...]	D
The plot is also based on an episode of "The Three Stooges" short Half-Wits Holiday (1947) with the [...]	D
The market data provider used by the characters to trade commodities is called Telerate. This was a [...]	D
When John Landis was told that Don Ameche hadn't made a film in thirteen years, he asked if the acto [...]	D
This was Ralph Bellamy's ninety-ninth film, and Don Ameche's forty-ninth. This was Eddie Murphy's se [...]	D
Even though she was considered the Scream Queen in Hollywood at this point, having starred in a slew [...]	D
Film debut of Arleen Sorkin (Woman At Party).	D
The story about the Dukes' cornering of the orange juice market was probably inspired by the "Silver [...]	D
Loosely based on the 1954 British satirical film Il forestiero (1954), which starred Gregory Peck.	D
Denholm Elliott and Don Ameche share the same birthday, May 31 (though separated by 14 years). They [...]	D
George Folsey Jr.: (at around 5 mins) The executive producer appears as the first man to greet Winth [...]	D
John Landis: [police] (at around 17 mins) When Billy Ray (Eddie Murphy) is cornered by the Philadelp [...]	D
Prior to this film, John Landis didn't know who Eddie Murphy was. 48 ore (1982) hadn't come out yet, [...]	D
The Screenwriters hung out with drunk traders for research. "The traders I met and hung out with her [...]	D
In a 2013 interview, co-writer Timothy Harris talked about Hollywood's reluctance to make comedies s [...]	D
[9:00] The main titles are accompanied by the overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" by Wolfgang Amade [...]	D
[1:28]G. Gordon Liddy was offered the part of Clarence Beeks, but turned it down after discovering B [...]	D
[8:24]The $75.89 per share for the pork bellies that the Dukes sell for when the market closes comes [...]	D
Remarkably similar story to the The Three Stooges short "The Three Stooges Collection" (2007) {Hoi P [...]	D
A poster for the fictional film "See You Next Wednesday" is prominently featured in several shots of [...]	D
Tony Sherer, who plays Winthorpe's friend Phillip (the one who says they "need a fourth for squash") [...]	D
The first of two movies in which characters played by Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis start off as [...]	D
For a period of time the restaurant at the Westin Hotel in Philadelphia was named Winthorpe & Valent [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) While disguised as Lionel, a Rastafarian, Louis mentions Haile Selassie, who [...]	D
Randolph Duke has a picture of Ronald Reagan on his side of the Dukes' shared desk, while Mortimer h [...]	D
This movie is infamous for hitman/spy Paul Gleason getting raped by a gorilla.	D
The theme of rich men taking in a bum and passing him off as an aristocrat is reminiscent of the Geo [...]	D
Final acting role of Ralph Clanton (Official #1).	D
While she was making this movie, Jamie Lee Curtis stayed in Marlene Dietrich's apartment (12E) at 99 [...]	D
The shooting schedule included fifteen days in Philadelphia for exterior scenes, and for the interio [...]	D
The building used for the exterior of Duke & Duke Commodities Brokers is located at 123 South Broad [...]	D
Jim Belushi was a bit of stunt casting. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd co-starred in John Landis's las [...]	D
(at around 1 min) In the opening credits, a clerk is putting away Philadelphia brand cream cheese fr [...]	D
(at around 1h 29 mins) The stationmaster - the man who refers to the care and feeding instructions f [...]	D
(at around 56 mins) When the Dukes are explaining commodities to Valentine, they have a plate with n [...]	D
(at around 1h 50 mins) Don Ameche's strong religious convictions made him uncomfortable with swearin [...]	D
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.	D
The final day of production for this movie was on March 1, 1983 on a beach in the U.S. Virgin Island [...]	D
Penelope's friend Muffy is played by the sister of Jamie Lee Curtis.	D
John Landis: [See You Next Wednesday] (at around 1h 10 mins) On a poster in Ophelia's apartment. The [...]	D
The World Trade Center's commodity exchange, Comex, was used for the trading scenes, and real trader [...]	D
In 2001, Eddie Murphy stated that the making of this film was the most fun he'd had on a set and tha [...]	D
(at around 1h 40 mins) When Winthorpe and Valentine arrive at the World Trade Center, Winthorpe tell [...]	D
(at around 1h 50 mins) The Sailboat Louis and Ophelia are on is a Nautical Development 56-foot boat [...]	D
(at around 1h 6 mins) R&B legend Bo Diddley appears as the pawnbroker who buys Louis's watch.	D
Ralph Bellamy (Randolph) and Don Ameche (Mortimer) make cameo appearances in Il principe cerca mogli [...]	D
The dessert that Coleman is preparing for Louis and Penelope that they don't eat is CrÃªpes Suzett [...]	D
Clarence Beeks shares his name with a jazz musician, who recorded under the name "King Pleasure".	D
On the train near the end of the movie, the same song is playing in every scene in the bar car.	D
Winthorpe and Valentine conduct what's known as "short selling", selling stock (or commodities) that [...]	D
(at around 1h 8 mins) When Valentine is in the restaurant and Winthorpe standing outside in the rain [...]	D
In 2010, as part of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act, which was to regulate finan [...]	D
Every year since 1997, Italian channel "Italia 1" broadcasts the movie in Christmas Eve nightfall. I [...]	D
John Landis: [breaking the fourth wall] (at around 56 mins) When the Dukes explain to Billy Ray what [...]	D
After picking up Mortimer's money clip, Valentine stands there smiling for a second, then realizes h [...]	D
Second film featuring Jamie Lee Curtis whose plot involves a fancy dress New Year's Eve party aboard [...]	D
(at around 1h 6 mins) Winthorpe's watch, a "Rouchefoucauld", is named after French writer FranÃ§oi [...]	D
The house used in the film is a private house two doors west of the Rosenbach Museum and Library. Bo [...]	D
The Dukes' starting salary for Valentine ($80,000) is over $223,000 when adjusted for inflation in 2 [...]	D
Both Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Jones were in I signori della truffa (1992).	D
Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis also appeared in PapÃ , ho trovato un amico (1991), Il mio primo [...]	D
The exterior shots of Louis Winthorpe's house are of a house on a very affluent street in Philadelph [...]	D
Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche had both been well known Hollywood stars since the 1930's. However, Tra [...]	D
When Eddie Murphy (Billy Ray Valentine) is in jail, a young Giancarlo Esposito can be seen with him. [...]	D

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