
American Gangster
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2hrs
37mins
Directed by
Branko Lustig,
Ridley Scott,
Jim Whitaker,
Michael Costigan
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Starring
Denzel Washington,
Russell Crowe,
Josh Brolin,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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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.