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American Gangster

Release Date:November 2, 2007

Running Time:157 min

Genres:Drama, Crime

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Cast

Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Josh Brolin Chiwetel Ejiofor Cuba Gooding Jr.Lymari Nadal Ted Levine Armand Assante John Ortiz John Hawkes RZA Yul Vazquez

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Synopsis

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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