American Gangster

Nov 2, 2007

2h 37m

★ 7.6

There are two sides to the American dream.

Overview

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Film Rites

Imagine Entertainment

Universal Pictures

Relativity Media

Scott Free Productions

American Gangster Trailers

Cast

Frank Lucas

Denzel Washington

Richie Roberts

Russell Crowe

Detective Trupo

Josh Brolin

Huey Lucas

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Nicky Barnes

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Eva

Lymari Nadal

Lou Toback

Ted Levine

Dominic Cattano

Armand Assante

Javier J. Rivera

John Ortiz

Freddie Spearman

John Hawkes

Moses Jones

RZA

Alfonso Abruzzo

Yul Vazquez

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