7.6

American Gangster

Name: American Gangster
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2007-11-02T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 157 min
Rating: 7.587
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

“There are two sides to the American dream.”

20072h 37m

DramaCrime

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.