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Coming to America
Coming to America
Director:John Landis
Overview:
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:
1988 / 06 / 29
Rating:
6.88
Genres & Subgenres:
Comedy
Romance
Tags:
Eddie Murphy
as
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
James Earl Jones
as
King Jaffe Joffer
John Amos
as
Cleo McDowell
Shari Headley
as
Lisa McDowell
Frankie Faison
as
Landlord
Eriq La Salle
as
Darryl Jenks
Allison Dean
as
Patrice McDowell
Madge Sinclair
as
Queen Aoleon
Samuel L. Jackson
as
Hold-Up Man
Ralph Bellamy
as
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Don Ameche
as
Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
Garcelle Beauvais
as
Rose Bearer #3
Cuba Gooding Jr.
as
Boy Getting Haircut
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as
Basketball Game Vendor
Clint Smith
as
Sweets
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as
Street Hustler
Patricia Matthews
as
Devil Woman
Helen Hanft
as
Subway Lady (uncredited)