Coming to America
# This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
📜 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.
💵 Budget: USD
30,000,000
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1988-06-29
⌚ Running Time:
117 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.9
Beloved Cast
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Eddie Murphy
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Arsenio Hall
Lisa McDowell
Shari Headley
Cleo McDowell
John Amos
King Jaffe Joffer
James Earl Jones
Queen Aoleon
Madge Sinclair
Darryl Jenks
Eriq La Salle
Patrice McDowell
Allison Dean
Landlord
Frankie Faison
Maurice
Louie Anderson
Oha
Paul Bates
Hold-Up Man
Samuel L. Jackson
Imani Izzi
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Colonel Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Basketball Game Vendor
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Boy Getting Haircut
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Rose Bearer #1
Feather
Rose Bearer #2
Stephanie Simon
Rose Bearer #3
Garcelle Beauvais
Street Hustler
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Elderly Passenger
Birdie M. Hale
Soul Glo Man
Clyde Jones
Face on Cutting Room Floor
Jim Abrahams
Bather / Dancer
Victoria Dillard
Bather
Felicia Taylor
Bather
Midori
Lady-in-Waiting
Sheila Johnson
Cab Driver
Jake Steinfeld
Sweets
Clint Smith
Stu
Uncle Ray Murphy
Soul Glo Woman
Paulette Banoza
Devil Woman
Patricia Matthews
Big Stank Woman
Mary Bond Davis
Tough Girl
Carla Earle
Ex-Siamese Twin / Dancer
Karen Owens
Ex-Siamese Twin / Dancer
Sharon Owens
Kinky Girl
Lisa Gumora
Strange Woman
June Boykins
Fresh Peaches
Janette Colon
Sugar Cube
Vanessa Colon
Boring Girl / Dancer
Monique Mannen
Awareness Woman
Mindora Mimms
Awareness Woman
Cynthia Finkley
Cartier Delivery Man
David Sosna
Mr. Jenks
Arthur Adams
Mrs. Jenks
Loni Kaye Harkless
Grandma Jenks
Montrose Hagins
Party Guest
Tonja Rivers
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Ralph Bellamy
Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
Don Ameche
'Sexual Chocolate' Saxophonist (uncredited)
Karl Denson
Telegraph Lady (uncredited)
Elaine Kagan
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Michael Tadross
Subway Guy (uncredited)
Steve White
Subway Lady (uncredited)
Helen Hanft
Dancer (uncredited)
Leah Aldridge
Dancer (uncredited)
Aurorah Allain
Dancer (uncredited)
Paula Brown
Dancer (uncredited)
Dwayne Chattman
Dancer (uncredited)
Stephanie Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
Robin L. Dimension
Dancer (uncredited)
Shaun Earl
Dancer (uncredited)
Eric L. Ellis
Dancer (uncredited)
Sharon Ferrol-Young
Dancer (uncredited)
Eric D. Henderson
Dancer (uncredited)
Gigi Hunter
Dancer (uncredited)
Debra Johnson
Dancer (uncredited)
Tanya Lynne Lee
Dancer (uncredited)
Jimmy Locust
Dancer (uncredited)
Donna M. Perkins
Dancer (uncredited)
Dionne Rockhold
Dancer (uncredited)
Gina Consuela Rose
Dancer (uncredited)
Randolph Scott
Dancer (uncredited)
Robbin Tasha-Ford
Dancer (uncredited)
Jerald Vincent
Dancer (uncredited)
Eyan Williams
Homeless Man Around Garbage Can Bonfire (uncredited)
Roy Milton Davis
Viola (uncredited)
Dorian DeMichele
Blond Hooker / Bag Lady in Fast Food Place (uncredited)
Alison Gordy
Stuck-Up Girl (uncredited)
Mary Young
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tobe Hooper
T-Shirt Hawker
Raymond D. Turner
