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American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. The film is 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. The film stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, with co-stars Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ruby Dee, Lymari Nadal, Cuba Gooding Jr., Armand Assante, John Hawkes and RZA.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writer
- Steven Zaillian
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- Release date
- 19 October 2007 · Released
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Action · Drama · Thriller · Historical · Crime · Biographical · War · Neo-noir · Historical Drama · Crime Thriller · Crime Drama · Gangster
- Also known as
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- 日本語
- アメリカン・ギャングスター
- 한국어
- 아메리칸 갱스터
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