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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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
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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