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American Gangster

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7.6/10 • 5.6K

2007-11-022h 37m

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There are two sides to the American dream.

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.

Directors
Ridley Scott
Editors
Pietro Scalia

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  1. Denzel Washington

    Denzel Washington

    Frank Lucas

  2. Russell Crowe

    Russell Crowe

    Richie Roberts

  3. Josh Brolin

    Josh Brolin

    Detective Trupo

  4. Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Huey Lucas

  5. Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Nicky Barnes

  6. Lymari Nadal

    Lymari Nadal

    Eva

  7. Ted Levine

    Ted Levine

    Lou Toback

  8. Armand Assante

    Armand Assante

    Dominic Cattano

  9. John Ortiz

    John Ortiz

    Javier J. Rivera

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Andres Gomez

Jul 14, 2015

6/10

Quite a disappointed since it is really as much as you expect, but nothing new. Washington and Russell perform really well, so, as a characters movie, it works. It doesn't work at all as a biopic. Too much Hollywood on it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$100,000,000.00
Revenue
$269,755,430.00
Keywords
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