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Coming to America (1988)

Coming to America (1988)

R 117 minutes EN Comedy , Romance
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.
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Cast

Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Br
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
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
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

Crew

Sol Negrin
Director of Photography
Nile Rodgers
Original Music Composer
Woody Omens
Director of Photography
Richard B. Lewis
Art Direction
Gregg H. Bilson
Property Master
Frank Graziadei
Sound Recordist
John Landis
Director
Mark Lipsky
Executive Producer
Leslie Belzberg
Executive Producer
David Sosna
Associate Producer
David Sheffield
Screenplay