American Gangster

American Gangster (2007)

There are two sides to the American dream.

2007·2h 37m·US
CrimeDrama
iRank78iRank Score
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IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic76%
TMDb7.592/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Language: English

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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.

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