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About
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.
Theatrical
Jun 29, 1988
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 9, 1999
Box Office
$288.8M
Budget
$30.0M
Return
9.6x
Director
Writers
Producers
Leslie Belzberg, George Folsey Jr., Mark Lipsky
Music
Studio
Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
Cast
Full credits →E
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
S
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
A
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
M
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
A
Allison Dean
Patrice McDowell
J
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
C
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Boy Getting Haircut
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Imani Izzi
C
Calvin Lockhart
Colonel Izzi
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
E
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
F
Frankie Faison
Landlord
L
Louie Anderson
Maurice
P
Paul Bates
Oha
V
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Basketball Game Vendor
G
Garcelle Beauvais
Rose Bearer #3
R
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Street Hustler
V
Victoria Dillard
Bather / Dancer
C
Clyde Jones
Soul Glo Man
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Prince Akeem's Journey to America
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This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
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