American Gangster
2007, Film, 157 min, Biography, Crime, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 77
There are two sides to the American dream.
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.
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Directed by Ridley Scott
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas
- Russell Crowe as Richie Roberts
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Huey Lucas
- Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo
- Lymari Nadal as Eva
- Ted Levine as Lou Toback
- Roger Guenveur Smith as Nate
- John Hawkes as Freddie Spearman
- RZA as Moses Jones
- Yul Vazquez as Alfonse Abruzzo
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