American Gangster (2007)
"There are two sides to the American dream."

Title: American Gangster
Original Title: American Gangster
Release Date: 2007-11-02
Status: Released
Rating: 7.591/10 (from 5606 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Crime
Production Companies: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
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.
Cast

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