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Drama
Crime

American Gangster

7.6(5652)

2h 37m

2007-11-02

EN

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.

Trailer

No trailer available.

Cast

Denzel Washington image

Frank LucasDenzel Washington

Russell Crowe image

Richie RobertsRussell Crowe

Josh Brolin image

Detective TrupoJosh Brolin

Chiwetel Ejiofor image

Huey LucasChiwetel Ejiofor

Cuba Gooding Jr. image

Nicky BarnesCuba Gooding Jr.

Lymari Nadal image

EvaLymari Nadal

Ted Levine image

Lou TobackTed Levine

Armand Assante image

Dominic CattanoArmand Assante

John Ortiz image

Javier J. RiveraJohn Ortiz

John Hawkes image

Freddie SpearmanJohn Hawkes

RZA image

Moses JonesRZA

Yul Vazquez image

Alfonso AbruzzoYul Vazquez

Ruby Dee image

Mama LucasRuby Dee

Idris Elba image

TangoIdris Elba

Carla Gugino image

Laurie RobertsCarla Gugino

Joe Morton image

Charlie WilliamsJoe Morton

Common image

Turner LucasCommon

Ritchie Coster image

Joey SadanoRitchie Coster

Jon Polito image

RossiJon Polito

Kevin Corrigan image

CampiziKevin Corrigan

Details

Status: Released
Budget: $100,000,000
Revenue: $269,755,430
Production Companies: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
Tagline: "There are two sides to the American dream."