American Gangster (2007)
Rating: 7.6/10
Duration: 157 min
Director(s): Ridley Scott,
Description:
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.
Cast
- John Hawkes as Freddie Spearman
- Carla Gugino as Laurie Roberts
- John Ortiz as Javier J. Rivera
- Idris Elba as Tango
- Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Nicky Barnes
- Russell Crowe as Richie Roberts
- Armand Assante as Dominic Cattano
- Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Huey Lucas
- RZA as Moses Jones
- Yul Vazquez as Alfonso Abruzzo
- Ted Levine as Lou Toback
- Ruby Dee as Mama Lucas
- Lymari Nadal as Eva