American Gangster

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2007 · Drama, Crime · 2h 37m

Budget $100M · Box office $270M

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.

Director Ridley Scott

Writers Steven Zaillian

Cinematography Harris Savides