American Gangster

American Gangster

2007
2h 37m
7.6

7.6/10

5,966 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Crime

"There are two sides to the American dream."

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $100,000,000

Revenue: $269,755,430

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Film Rites Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures Relativity Media Scott Free Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

new york city vietnam drug smuggling society gangster drug trafficking heroin junkie ghetto nightclub ambition rise and fall cop organized crime drug dealing police corruption wedding police detective family surveillance bribery law enforcement aftercreditsstinger dishonesty 1960s provocative violence suspenseful intense brisk

Quick Facts

Release Date November 2, 2007
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0765429
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Cast

Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington

Frank Lucas

Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe

Richie Roberts

Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin

Detective Trupo

Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Huey Lucas

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding Jr.

Nicky Barnes

Lymari Nadal
Lymari Nadal

Eva

Ted Levine
Ted Levine

Lou Toback

Armand Assante
Armand Assante

Dominic Cattano

John Ortiz
John Ortiz

Javier J. Rivera

John Hawkes
John Hawkes

Freddie Spearman

RZA
RZA

Moses Jones

Yul Vazquez
Yul Vazquez

Alfonso Abruzzo

Key Crew

Brian Grazer
Producer
Branko Lustig
Executive Producer
Ridley Scott
Producer
Steven Zaillian
Screenplay
Ridley Scott
Director
Jim Whitaker
Executive Producer
Michael Costigan
Executive Producer
Nicholas Pileggi
Executive Producer