Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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.
- new york city
- fast food restaurant
- prince
- fake identity
- heir to the throne
- royal family
- fish out of water
- rich man
- searching for love
- rich family
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
- James Earl Jones — King Jaffe Joffer
- Madge Sinclair — Queen Aoleon
- Eriq La Salle — Darryl Jenks
- Allison Dean — Patrice McDowell
- Frankie Faison — Landlord
- Louie Anderson — Maurice
- Paul Bates — Oha
- Samuel L. Jackson — Hold-Up Man
- Vanessa Bell Calloway — Imani Izzi
- Calvin Lockhart — Colonel Izzi
- Vondie Curtis-Hall — Basketball Game Vendor
- Directed
- John Landis
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 4,858 ratings
- Studio
- Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1988 · You’re hereComing to America
Where it starts.
Coming 2 America
2021
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
