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American Gangster

“There are two sides to the American dream.”

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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.

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Release date: 2 November 2007
Budget: $100,000,000
Box office: $269,755,430