Cast
- Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III
- Eddie Murphy as William Raymond "Billy Ray" Valentine
- Ralph Bellamy as Randolph Duke
- Don Ameche as Mortimer Duke
- Denholm Elliott as Coleman
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia
- Kristin Holby as Penelope Witherspoon
- Paul Gleason as Clarence Beeks
The cast also includes: Robert Curtis-Brown as Todd, Winthorpe's romantic rival for Penelope; James Belushi as Harvey, a party-goer on New Year's Eve; Jamie Lee Curtis' sister Kelly Curtis cameos as Penelope's friend Muffy; Frank Oz as a corrupt cop; and Bo Diddley as a pawnbroker. Tom Davis and Al Franken, Aykroyd and Murphy's Saturday Night Live coworkers, cameo as train baggage handlers.
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