Mortimer said it was for research.
3 seconds sound clip from the Trading places (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:25:53 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- That's the guy who paid me to talk dirty to you.
- In charge of security is Mr. Clarence Beeks, head of Lyndhurst Security.
- The Dukes just gave that guy 10 grand.
- 10 grand? I saw an outlay for him in the payroll for 50000.
- Mortimer said it was for research.
- Yeah, research, so he get his hands on that top secret crap report, two days before it goes public.
- Oh my God, the Dukes will corner the entire frozen orange juice market.
- Eggnog?
- Duke and Duke, may I ask who's calling? Duke and Duke.
[...]
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Actors: Dan Aykroyd (Louis Winthorpe), Eddie Murphy (Billy Ray Valentine), Ralph Bellamy (Randolph Duke), Don Ameche (Mortimer Duke), Denholm Elliott (Coleman), Jamie Lee Curtis (Ophelia), Paul Gleason (Clarence Beeks)
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