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Coming to America

Movie1988 6.9

Coming to America

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6.9/10

1h 57mEddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures

ComedyRomance

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Eddie Murphy

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John Amos

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Eriq La Salle

Allison Dean

Patrice McDowell

Frankie Faison

Louie Anderson

Paul Bates

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Calvin Lockhart

Calvin Lockhart

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Basketball Game Vendor

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Boy Getting Haircut

Stephanie Simon

Garcelle Beauvais

Garcelle Beauvais

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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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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About

Released: 29 June 1988
Certificate: 15
Status: Released
Director: John Landis
Writers: David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Eddie Murphy, Brian Stewart
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Original language: English
Country: United States of America
Production: Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
Collection: Coming to America Collection
Runtime: 1h 57m
Budget: $30M
Box office: $288.8M