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.

Cast

Denzel Washington

Russell Crowe

Josh Brolin

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Lymari Nadal

Ted Levine

Armand Assante