Question: In the New Year's Eve train scene right before getting caught, Winthorp says "So Mr. Beaks, will you be getting off the train in Philadelphia" Why would he call him by name if he is supposed to be a Jamaican man named Lionel Joseph?
Captain Defenestrator
9th Dec 2015
Trading Places (1983)
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Chosen answer: There's a cut scene and some time passes. He could have asked the man's name during that time.
Captain Defenestrator