American Gangster
"There are two sides to the American dream."
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$100.0M
$100,000,000
Revenue
$269.8M
$269,755,430
Languages
English
Studio
Film Rites
+4 more
Key Crew
Brian Grazer
Producer
Branko Lustig
Executive Producer
Ridley Scott
Producer
Steven Zaillian
Screenplay
Ridley Scott
Director
Jim Whitaker
Executive Producer
Michael Costigan
Executive Producer
Nicholas Pileggi
Executive Producer
Cast
Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes
Lymari Nadal
Eva
Ted Levine
Lou Toback
Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano
John Ortiz
Javier J. Rivera
John Hawkes
Freddie Spearman
RZA
Moses Jones
Yul Vazquez
Alfonso Abruzzo
Ruby Dee
Mama Lucas
Idris Elba
Tango
Carla Gugino
Laurie Roberts
Joe Morton
Charlie Williams
Common
Turner Lucas
Ritchie Coster
Joey Sadano
Jon Polito
Rossi
Kevin Corrigan
Campizi
