Coming to America (1988)

Unhappy Meal

Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and Semmi (Arsenio Hall) take action when a robber (Samuel L. Jackson) tries to hold up the McDowell’s where they work.

Directed by John Landis.

© Paramount 2012

Released in 1988 by Paramount.

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