American Gangster (2007)
There are two sides to the American dream.
157 min
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.
- Release date
- October 19, 2007
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $100,000,000
- Box office
- $269,755,430
Trailer
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas
- Russell Crowe as Richie Roberts
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Huey Lucas
- Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo
- Lymari Nadal as Eva
- Ted Levine as Lou Toback
- Roger Guenveur Smith as Nate
- John Hawkes as Freddie Spearman
- RZA as Moses Jones
- Yul Vazquez as Alfonse Abruzzo
Crew
- Ridley Scott · Director
- Steven Zaillian · Writer
- Mark Jacobson · Writer
- Brian Grazer · Producer
- Dan Griffin · Producer
- Ridley Scott · Producer
- Marc Streitenfeld · Composer
- Harris Savides · Cinematographer
- Pietro Scalia · Editor
- Avy Kaufman · Casting director
- Arthur Max · Production designer