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American Gangster
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007 157 min ★ 7.6 Drama, Crime

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.

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Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Frank Lucas

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Richie Roberts

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

Detective Trupo

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Huey Lucas

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Nicky Barnes

Lymari Nadal

Lymari Nadal

Eva

Ted Levine

Ted Levine

Lou Toback

Armand Assante

Armand Assante

Dominic Cattano

John Ortiz

John Ortiz

Javier J. Rivera

John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Freddie Spearman

Details

Director

Ridley Scott

Screenplay

Steven Zaillian

Tagline

"There are two sides to the American dream."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$100,000,000

Revenue

$269,755,430

Production

Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions

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