American Gangster

2007 · 157 min · Original language: English

TMDB 7.6/10 · 6,248 votes

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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