Film
Coming to America
United States- Age rating
- M
- Director
- John Landis
- Year
- 1988
This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
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.
Top cast
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
Allison Dean
Patrice McDowell
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Boy Getting Haircut
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Colonel Izzi
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
Frankie Faison
Landlord
Louie Anderson
Maurice
Paul Bates
Oha
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Basketball Game Vendor
Garcelle Beauvais
Rose Bearer #3
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Street Hustler
Directed by
John Landis
Written by
David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Eddie Murphy
Produced by
George Folsey Jr., Robert D. Wachs
