Coming to America

Name: Coming to America
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1988
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, John Amos, James Earl Jones

1988 · 1h57 · Film

Directed by John Landis

Starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, John Amos, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, Eriq La Salle, Allison Dean, Frankie Faison, Louie Anderson

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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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