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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.
7.6
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6,048 votes
“There are two sides to the American dream.”
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- Nov 2, 2007
- 2h 37m
- English
- Ridley Scott
- Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson
- Released
- $100.0M
- $269.8M
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