Coming to America
Comedy, Romance, 1988
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
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
Frankie Faison
Landlord
Louie Anderson
Maurice
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Paul Bates
Oha
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
Ralph Bellamy
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Don Ameche
Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Colonel Izzi
Garcelle Beauvais
Rose Bearer #3
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Boy Getting Haircut
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Basketball Game Vendor
Jim Abrahams
Face on Cutting Room Floor
Victoria Dillard
Bather / Dancer
Clint Smith
Sweets
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Street Hustler
Patricia Matthews
Devil Woman
Mary Bond Davis
Big Stank Woman
Montrose Hagins
Grandma Jenks
Elaine Kagan
Telegraph Lady (uncredited)
Steve White
Subway Guy (uncredited)
Helen Hanft
Subway Lady (uncredited)
Tanya Lynne Lee
Dancer (uncredited)
Tobe Hooper
Party Guest
