American Gangster (2007)

Name: American Gangster
Director: Ridley Scott
Released: 2007-11-02
Rating: 7.588
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

DramaCrime

157 min

"There are two sides to the American dream."

Plot Summary

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.