History Trivia / TradingPlaces

** Louis tries to sell his watch at a pawnshop, mentioning how it's waterproof up to 3 atmospheres as proof of how top-of-the-line it is. Today, many watches are waterproof to as many as ''50'' atmospheres.[[note]]Although if you're that far underwater, you've got other things to worry about than 'What time is it?'[[/note]]

** The film completely resurrected the 75-year-old Creator/DonAmeche's film career. Once one of 20th Century Fox's top stars in the 1940's, he had only appeared in five films in the the next three decades, with nothing since 1970. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his next film ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'' and worked steadily for the rest of his life.

** In another cut scene, when Billy Ray Valentine arrives at Duke and Duke on his first day of work. Folsey greets him just as he did Winthorpe in the beginning and asks for his Coat, scarf, and gloves. All of the same people say good morning to Valentine that said good morning to Winthorpe.

** Ophelia's "Swedish" disguise came about because Creator/JamieLeeCurtis couldn't do the correct Austrian accent. Upon seeing her, Coleman's line "But you're wearing lederhosen" was unscripted and was a genuinely confused reaction from Creator/DenholmElliot which the director decided to keep.

** Ophelia's "Swedish" disguise came about because Creator/JamieLeeCurtis couldn't do the correct Austrian accent. Upon seeing her, Coleman's line "But you're wearing lederhosen" was unscripted and was Creator/DenholmElliot's genuinely confused reaction, which the director decided to keep.

** Ophelia's "Swedish" disguise came about because Creator/JamieLeeCurtis couldn't do the correct Austrian accent. Upon seeing her, Coleman's line "But you're wearing lederhosen" was unscripted and was the actor's genuinely confused reaction, which the director decided to keep.

** A scene in the movie not included in the final cut but seen frequently when the movie is shown on television (presumably to fill a longer time slot with commercials) occurs after Clarence Beeks talks to the Dukes via telephone and Billy Ray eavesdrops on their scheme. In the original cut, Beeks goes from the phone booth to the Amtrak train platform, holding the briefcase with the crop report. In the added scene, we see Beeks procure the reports from a secured vault where he pays off a security guard and opens a safe-deposit box.

* WagTheDirector: Creator/DonAmeche abhorred swearing and only agreed to shoot one take each of the scenes where his character uses the n-word and drops an f-bomb, respectively, making both a real-life example of a PrecisionFStrike.