Film · 1988
Coming to America
Directed by John Landis · starring Eddie Murphy, Garcelle Beauvais and James Earl Jones
- 1 h 56 min
- 15
- Comedy · Drama · Romance
USA
- 5.9 Users12 votes
Synopsis
Pampered African prince Akeem rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride.
The essentials
- Runtime
- 116 min1 hour and 56 minutes
- Budget
- $39mParamount Pictures
- Rating
- 15Suitable only for 15 years and over
- How long is Coming to America?
- 1 hour and 56 minutes (116 minutes).
- Who directed Coming to America?
- John Landis.
- Who is in Coming to America?
- It stars Eddie Murphy, Garcelle Beauvais, James Earl Jones and Arsenio Hall.
Cast
Full cast (19)-
Eddie Murphy Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
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Garcelle Beauvais Rose Bearer
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James Earl Jones King Jaffe Joffer
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Arsenio Hall Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
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Vanessa Bell Calloway Imani Izzi
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Cuba Gooding Jr. Boy Getting Haircut
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Frankie Faison Landlord
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Rubén Santiago-Hudson Street Hustler
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John Amos Cleo McDowell
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Shari Headley Lisa McDowell
- Director
- John Landis
- Writers
- Eddie Murphy
Videos and trailers
See the videoReviews
5.9 12 votes
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Soundtrack
All 18 songsIf you liked Coming to America
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