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American Gangster

Name: American Gangster
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2007-11-02
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

DramaCrime

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.

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Cast

Denzel WashingtonRussell CroweJosh BrolinChiwetel EjioforCuba Gooding Jr.Lymari NadalTed LevineArmand AssanteJohn OrtizJohn HawkesRZAYul Vazquez

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Ridley Scott

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