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American Gangster

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.

Release: 2007

Rating: 7.589

Genre: Drama, Crime

Duration: 157 min

Country: United States of America

Production: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions

Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

as Frank Lucas

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

as Richie Roberts

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

as Detective Trupo

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

as Huey Lucas

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

as Nicky Barnes

Lymari Nadal

Lymari Nadal

as Eva

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