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Coming to America

This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.

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Coming to America — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • June 29, 1988
  • Runtime
  • 117 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Romance
  • Director
  • John Landis

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Coming to America — Cast

Eddie Murphy photo Eddie Murphy Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul Shari Headley photo Shari Headley Lisa McDowell Arsenio Hall photo Arsenio Hall Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown James Earl Jones photo James Earl Jones King Jaffe Joffer Eriq La Salle photo Eriq La Salle Darryl Jenks John Amos photo John Amos Cleo McDowell Allison Dean photo Allison Dean Patrice McDowell Madge Sinclair photo Madge Sinclair Queen Aoleon

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