COMING TO AMERICA (1988)
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Coming to America
This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
Comedy, Romance
June 29, 1988
English
1h 57m
United States
Eddie Murphy Productions
$30,000,000
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.
Cast & Characters
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
Feather
Rose Bearer #1
Stephanie Simon
Rose Bearer #2
Garcelle Beauvais
Rose Bearer #3
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Street Hustler
Birdie M. Hale
Elderly Passenger
Clyde Jones
Soul Glo Man
Jim Abrahams
Face on Cutting Room Floor
Victoria Dillard
Bather / Dancer
Felicia Taylor
Bather
Crew
John Landis
Director
David Sheffield
Screenplay
Barry W. Blaustein
Screenplay
Nile Rodgers
Original Music Composer
Woody Omens
Director of Photography
Sol Negrin
Director of Photography
George Folsey Jr.
Producer
Robert D. Wachs
Producer
Leslie Belzberg
Executive Producer
Mark Lipsky
Executive Producer
Eddie Murphy
Executive Producer