American Gangster
“There are two sides to the American dream.”
20072h 37mDrama · Crime
Released
November 2, 2007
TMDB Score
76% match · 6,330 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorRidley Scott
- Released
- November 2, 2007
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $100.0M
- Box office
- $269.8M
- Studios
- Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
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
RZA
Moses Jones
Yul Vazquez
Alfonso Abruzzo
Ruby Dee
Mama Lucas
Idris Elba
Tango
Carla Gugino
Laurie Roberts
Joe Morton
Charlie Williams
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