Coming to America (1988)
This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
- Date of release
- 1988-06-29
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (4917)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- John Landis
Casting
- Eddie Murphy — Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
- Shari Headley — Lisa McDowell
- Arsenio Hall — Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
- Madge Sinclair — Queen Aoleon
- Samuel L. Jackson — Hold-Up Man
- Allison Dean — Patrice McDowell
- John Amos — Cleo McDowell
- Cuba Gooding Jr. — Boy Getting Haircut
- Vanessa Bell Calloway — Imani Izzi
- Calvin Lockhart — Colonel Izzi
- James Earl Jones — King Jaffe Joffer
- Eriq La Salle — Darryl Jenks
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