Coming to America (1988)

Discontented with his pampered life, an African prince heads to America as a working-class man to find someone who will fall for him, not his riches.

Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Louie Anderson, Allison Dean, Eriq La Salle, Madge Sinclair, Paul Bates, Shari Headley
Runtime: 01h 56m
Type: Movie

Coming to America (1988)

Discontented with his pampered life, an African prince heads to America as a working-class man to find someone who will fall for him, not his riches.

Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Louie Anderson, Allison Dean, Eriq La Salle, Madge Sinclair, Paul Bates, Shari Headley
Runtime: 01h 56m
Type: Movie
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