Coming to America
1988 · 117 min
Comedy · Romance
★ 6.9Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director John Landis
- Screenplay David Sheffield
- Screenplay Barry W. Blaustein
- Story Eddie Murphy
- Director of Photography Sol Negrin
- Director of Photography Woody Omens
Cast
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
Allison Dean
Patrice McDowell
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Boy Getting Haircut
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Colonel Izzi
Crew
- Director — John Landis
- Screenplay — David Sheffield
- Screenplay — Barry W. Blaustein
- Story — Eddie Murphy
- Director of Photography — Sol Negrin
- Director of Photography — Woody Omens
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