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American Gangster

2007

Director: Ridley Scott

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.

Cast

Denzel Washington (Frank Lucas) · Russell Crowe (Richie Roberts) · Josh Brolin (Detective Trupo) · Chiwetel Ejiofor (Huey Lucas) · Cuba Gooding Jr. (Nicky Barnes) · Lymari Nadal (Eva) · Ted Levine (Lou Toback) · Armand Assante (Dominic Cattano) · John Ortiz (Javier J. Rivera) · John Hawkes (Freddie Spearman)

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