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American Gangster

(2007)

November 2, 2007• 2h 37m
76%
TMDB Score

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.

Ridley Scott

Director

Top Billed Cast

DW

Denzel Washington

Frank Lucas

RC

Russell Crowe

Richie Roberts

JB

Josh Brolin

Detective Trupo

CE

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Huey Lucas

CGJ

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Nicky Barnes

LN

Lymari Nadal

Eva

TL

Ted Levine

Lou Toback

AA

Armand Assante

Dominic Cattano

JO

John Ortiz

Javier J. Rivera

JH

John Hawkes

Freddie Spearman

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