American Gangster
2007 · 2h 37m · Crime, Drama · United States of America · Rated R (US)
There are two sides to the American dream.
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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Ridley ScottWritten by
Steven Zaillian7.6Smart score
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1960saftercreditsstingerambitionbriberybriskcopdishonestydrug dealingdrug smugglingdrug traffickingfamilygangsterghettoheroinjunkielaw enforcementnew york citynightcluborganized crimepolice corruptionpolice detectiveprovocativerise and fallsocietysurveillancevietnamviolencewedding
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