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American Gangster

Name: American Gangster
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2007-11-02
Duration: 157 min
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

There are two sides to the American dream.

2007 2h 37m 7.6 rated Drama, Crime

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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Starring

Denzel Washington Frank Lucas

Russell Crowe Richie Roberts

Josh Brolin Detective Trupo

Chiwetel Ejiofor Huey Lucas

Cuba Gooding Jr. Nicky Barnes

Lymari Nadal Eva

Made by

Director

Ridley Scott

Studios

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

Release

2007-11-02

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