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As an experiment and for a bet, two immensely wealthy and patrician brothers, Mortimer and Randolph Duke (played by Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy), arrange that two other men "trade places":
When Billy Ray finds out that his elevated position is only temporary, and Louis finds out that his misery is caused by the Dukes, they take revenge together, with the help of Ophelia and Coleman the butler. The Dukes' arrangement of using inside information to earn money on the commodities marketCommodity markets define and trade contracts for delivery of any product or service that can be characterized in an interchangeable way. They are complex, and include a wide array of instruments to manage risk. This article focuses on the history and curr is made to backfire when Louis and Billy Ray feed them false information, thereby bankrupting them. Simultaneously, they use the correct information themselves to get rich.
Curtis and Elliott received BAFTA awards for their roles, and the film was also noted for returning veteran Hollywood actors Ameche and Bellamy to the screen.
The Duke brothers' attempt to corner the orange juice market is very similar to the real-life case of the Hunt brothers of Texas, who attempted to corner the silverThis page is about Silver the element. For the color, see Silver Silver is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ag ( L. Argentum and atomic number 47. A soft white lustrous transition metal, silver has the highest electrical and th market with the help of Arab investors. Eventually, the " Silver Thursday " market crash of March 27, 1980 devalued their silver holdings enough to make them fail to meet theier $100 million margin call and forcing them to declare bankruptcy.