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American Gangster (2007)

American Gangster (2007)

Drama Crime

There are two sides to the American dream.

Release Date: 2007, November 2
Directors: Ridley Scott
Countries: United States of America
Production: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
Cast: Idris Elba, Ted Levine, Josh Brolin, Ritchie Coster, James Hunter, Jason Furlani, Billy Smith, Kevin Corrigan, Norman Reedus, Russell Crowe, John Ortiz, Chiwetel Ejiofor

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.

Keywords:

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