Film

American Gangster

2007 · 2h 37m · Drama · Crime

There are two sides to the American dream.

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

81%

Metacritic

76

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.

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

RZA

Moses Jones

Yul Vazquez

Alfonso Abruzzo

Ruby Dee

Mama Lucas

Idris Elba

Tango

Carla Gugino

Laurie Roberts

Joe Morton

Charlie Williams

• Ridley ScottDirector · Producer
• Steven ZaillianScreenplay · Executive Producer
• Brian GrazerProducer
• Michael CostiganExecutive Producer
• Branko LustigExecutive Producer
• Jim WhitakerExecutive Producer
• Nicholas PileggiExecutive Producer
• Harris SavidesDirector of Photography
• Marc StreitenfeldOriginal Music Composer
• Pietro ScaliaEditor

Trailer #1

Release date

November 2, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

R

Budget

$100,000,000

Revenue

$269,755,430

Genres

Drama, Crime

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