
American Gangster
- released:2007-11-02
- genres: Drama, Crime
- duration:157m
- casts: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Country: United States of America
- Production: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
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.