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Coming to America

This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.

  • Movie
  • 1988
  • R
  • 1h 57m

Directed by John Landis

6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 4,960 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Eddie Murphy

    Eddie MurphyPrince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

  • Shari Headley

    Shari HeadleyLisa McDowell

  • Arsenio Hall

    Arsenio HallSemmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

  • James Earl Jones

    James Earl JonesKing Jaffe Joffer

  • Eriq La Salle

    Eriq La SalleDarryl Jenks

  • John Amos

    John AmosCleo McDowell

  • Allison Dean

    Allison DeanPatrice McDowell

  • Madge Sinclair

    Madge SinclairQueen Aoleon

  • Samuel L. Jackson

    Samuel L. JacksonHold-Up Man

  • Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Cuba Gooding Jr.Boy Getting Haircut

  • Vanessa Bell Calloway

    Vanessa Bell CallowayImani Izzi

  • Calvin Lockhart

    Calvin LockhartColonel Izzi

  • Frankie Faison

    Frankie FaisonLandlord

  • Louie Anderson

    Louie AndersonMaurice

  • Paul Bates

    Paul BatesOha

  • Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Vondie Curtis-HallBasketball Game Vendor

  • Garcelle Beauvais

    Garcelle BeauvaisRose Bearer #3

  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson

    Ruben Santiago-HudsonStreet Hustler

Director
John Landis
Writer
David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein and Eddie Murphy
Music
Nile Rodgers
Cinematography
Sol Negrin and Woody Omens