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Coming to America

1hr 57mins
Directed by
John Landis
Featuring
Eddie Murphy,
Arsenio Hall,
Garcelle Beauvais
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Thu 7/02
7:00pm MH2
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Can a 21-year-old African prince find happiness and the girl of his dreams while working incognito at a fast food restaurant in Queens? 

In this hit comedy, Eddie Murphy plays the young royal who flees his country to escape an arranged marriage and find an American wife-but his deception could just as easily spoil the romance he starts up with the daughter (Shari Headley) of his employer (John Amos). Arsenio Hall, Madge Sinclair, and James Earl Jones also star.

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