Coming to America
“This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.”
19881h 57mComedy · Romance
Released
June 29, 1988
TMDB Score
69% match · 4,866 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorJohn Landis
- Released
- June 29, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $288.8M
- Studios
- Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
Top Billed Cast
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
Allison Dean
Patrice McDowell
Frankie Faison
Landlord
Louie Anderson
Maurice
Paul Bates
Oha
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Colonel Izzi
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Basketball Game Vendor
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Boy Getting Haircut
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