American Gangster

2007

Directed by

Ridley Scott, Ridley Scott

Starring

Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin

Runtime

2h 37m

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.