IMDb7.8496,525 votes
American Gangster
There are two sides to the American dream.
20072 h 37 minR
- Drama
- Crime
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About the movie
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.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Age rating (US)
- R
Cast
- Denzel WashingtonFrank Lucas
- Russell CroweRichie Roberts
- Josh BrolinDetective Trupo
- Chiwetel EjioforHuey Lucas
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Nicky Barnes
