American Gangster

About American Gangster

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.

Ridley Scott's American Gangster is a 2007 crime film. At 157 minutes long, it arrived in November 2007.

Denzel Washington stars as Frank Lucas, Russell Crowe as Richie Roberts, Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Huey Lucas. Written by Steven Zaillian. Production companies include Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, and Relativity Media.

Members will find organized crime, violence, provocative, and cop in it. American members can watch it on AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, and AMC+ Roku Premium Channel.

Paid in Full, Blow, and Live and Let Die make useful companions to American Gangster, all filed under drug smuggling, drug trafficking, and gangster. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 6,351 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.