This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
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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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
John Landis
Director
Barry W. Blaustein
Screenplay
David Sheffield
Screenplay
Eddie Murphy
Story, Executive Producer
Leslie Belzberg
Executive Producer
Mark Lipsky
Executive Producer
George Folsey Jr.
Producer, Editor
Robert D. Wachs
Producer
Sol Negrin
Director of Photography
Woody Omens
Director of Photography
Nile Rodgers
Original Music Composer
Malcolm Campbell
Editor
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Costume Design
Richard Macdonald
Production Design
