Year			1988
Genre			Romantic comedy
Director			John Landis
Writer			David Sheffield
Company			Paramount Pictures
Starring			Eddie Murphy Arsenio Hall James Earl Jones John Amos Madge Sinclair Shari Headley Show more... Eddie Murphy Arsenio Hall James Earl Jones John Amos Madge Sinclair Shari Headley Paul Bates Eriq La Salle Frankie Faison Vanessa Bell Calloway Louie Anderson Allison Dean Sheila Johnson Jake Steinfeld Calvin Lockhart

Prince Akeem, future king of the country Zamunda, has reached the age when he should marry. There's a to-be-wife for him already chosen, but he doesn't want to marry her. He decides that in America he might find a more indepndent wife for himself. His childhood friend and servant Semmi escorts him into the dephts of Queens in New York.