American Gangster
“There are two sides to the American dream.”
7.6(6,171)R20072h 37mEN
Directed by Ridley Scott
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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Budget $100.0MBox office $269.8M
