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  1. The film is 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.

  2. Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin. An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

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    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • Ridley Scott
    • 2007-11-02
  3. American Gangster is a gritty and entertaining throwback to classic gangster films, with its lead performers firing on all cylinders. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Oct 18, 2008. TOP...

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    • Ridley Scott
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  4. In 1970s America, detective Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas (Washington), a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drugs into the country in the coffins of soldiers from the Vietnam War.

  5. 158K views 11 years ago. ...more. Release Date: November 2, 2007Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Brian Grazer, Steve Zaillian and Ridley Scott team to tell the true juggernaut success story ...

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  6. American Gangster - YouTube. Buy or rent. R. YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 4.6K. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with Director Ridley Scott in this powerful epic...

  7. Nov 2, 2007 · Play Trailer. There are two sides to the American dream. Overview. Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan.