American Gangster (2007)
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.
Drama, Crime
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
- RZA — Moses Jones
- Yul Vazquez — Alfonso Abruzzo
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