American Gangster
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.
About
There are two sides to the American dream. 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.
Details
Directors
Ridley Scott
Writers
Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson
Cast
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Armand Assante, John Ortiz, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Ruby Dee, Idris Elba, Carla Gugino
Production
Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America
