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Louis Winthorpe III, or "Louie", is a fictional character from the movie Trading Places, played by Dan Aykroyd,

Louis Winthorpe III, a graduate of Exeter and Harvard, is a respectable senior employee of the Dukes, and manages their company. He is greatly humiliated through the machinations of the Dukes. He is falsely accused of theft and drug dealing, and thrown in jail. He is fired from his job, and in short order he loses his home, his possessions, and his money. As a result of this, his friends and his fiancée (Penelope Witherspoon) turn their backs on him. The speed with which this happens drives Winthorpe to crime, culminating in his rampaging through the Duke & Duke Christmas party (dressed as Santa Claus) with a loaded gun. However, he is supported by a prostitute named Ophelia (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) who takes pity on him, and later vindicated with the help of the con man whom the Dukes also manipulated, played by Eddie Murphy.

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