Coming to America (1988)
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.
- Released
- 1988-06-29
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- David Sheffield, John Landis, Barry W. Blaustein
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 4943 votes
Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
- Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell
- Arsenio Hall as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
- James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer
- Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks
- John Amos as Cleo McDowell
- Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell
- Madge Sinclair as Queen Aoleon
- Samuel L. Jackson as Hold-Up Man
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Boy Getting Haircut
- Vanessa Bell Calloway as Imani Izzi
- Calvin Lockhart as Colonel Izzi
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