American Gangster (2007)
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.
- Released
- 2007-11-02
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Steven Zaillian, Ridley Scott
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 6337 votes
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas
- Russell Crowe as Richie Roberts
- Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Huey Lucas
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Nicky Barnes
- Lymari Nadal as Eva
- Ted Levine as Lou Toback
- Armand Assante as Dominic Cattano
- John Ortiz as Javier J. Rivera
- John Hawkes as Freddie Spearman
- RZA as Moses Jones
- Yul Vazquez as Alfonso Abruzzo