Watch NowAmerican Gangster (2007)
18
16/11/2007 (GB)
Drama, Crime
2h 37m
- 76% (5606 votes)
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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.
- Ridley ScottDirector
- Steven ZaillianScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$100,000,000
Revenue
$269,755,430
Keywords
- new york city
- vietnam
- drug smuggling
- society
- gangster
- drug trafficking
- heroin
- junkie
- ghetto
- nightclub
- ambition
- rise and fall
- cop
- organized crime
- drug dealing
- police corruption
- wedding
- police detective
- family
- surveillance
- bribery
- law enforcement
- aftercreditsstinger
- dishonesty
- 1960s
- provocative
- factual
- violence
- suspenseful
- intense
- brisk
Top Billed Cast
Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes
Lymari Nadal
Eva
Ted Levine
Lou Toback
Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano
John Ortiz
Javier J. Rivera
John Hawkes
Freddie Spearman
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