Die Glücksritter

Wall Street’s most polished jerk and the city’s slickest grifter swap lives after a rich man’s bet. What begins as a cruel prank spirals into a lesson neither man wanted. The result is a comedy so aggressively amiable it forgets to pack its punchlines.

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John Landis directed Die Glücksritter in 1983. See John Landis's full filmography, where to start with John Landis, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Landis.

Die Glücksritter was released in 1983 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.