Movie · 1988
Coming to America
“This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.”
Released 29 June 1988 117 min Comedy / Romance More from 1988 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Ralph Bellamy
as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
James Earl Jones
as King Jaffe Joffer
Madge Sinclair
as Queen Aoleon
John Amos
as Cleo McDowell
Jim Abrahams
as Face on Cutting Room Floor
Frankie Faison
as Landlord
Samuel L. Jackson
as Hold-Up Man
Louie Anderson
as Maurice
Arsenio Hall
as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as Street Hustler
Paul Bates
as Oha
Eddie Murphy
as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Steve White
as Subway Guy (uncredited)
Eriq La Salle
as Darryl Jenks
Shari Headley
as Lisa McDowell
Garcelle Beauvais
as Rose Bearer #3
Allison Dean
as Patrice McDowell
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The numbers
63years between the oldest and youngest billed
84Ralph Bellamy — oldest on the call sheet
21Garcelle Beauvais — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast