
American Gangster
- Released on
Drama, Crime
•- Runtime
- 157 mins
(5612 votes)
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.
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
- John Ortiz
- John Hawkes
- RZA
- Yul Vazquez
- Ruby Dee
- Idris Elba
- Carla Gugino
- Joe Morton
- Common
- Ritchie Coster
- Jon Polito
- Kevin Corrigan
- Roger Guenveur Smith
- Malcolm Goodwin
- Ric Young
- Roger Bart
- T.I.
- KaDee Strickland
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Norman Reedus
- Kathleen Garrett
- Albert Jones
- J. Kyle Manzay
- Melissia Hill
- Skyler Fortgang
- Bari K. Willerford
- Warner Miller
- Quisha Saunders
- Robert Funaro
- Tom O'Rourke
- Robert C. Kirk
- Tom Stearns
- Jon DeVries
- Jim R. Coleman
- Lee Shepherd
- Gavin Grazer
- Linda Powell
- Roxanne Amandez
- Pierra Francesca
- Eddie Rouse
- Maryann Urbano
- Cedric Sanders
- Jason Veasey
- Roosevelt Davis
- Eric Silver
- Saycon Sengbloh
- Conor Romero
- Daniel Hilt
- Daniel Farcher
- David Spearman
- Maurice Ballard
- Paul Doherty
- William C. Tate
- George Lee Miles
- Jason Furlani
- Chris McKinney
- David Wayne Britton
- Tommy Guiffre
- Laurence Lowry
- Dan Moran
- Marjorie Johnson
- Larry Mitchell
- Chuck Cooper
- Kevin Geer
- Chance Kelly
- Hamilton Clancy
- Sam Freed
- Joey Klein
- Scott Dillin
- Anthony Hamilton
- Sarah Hudnut
- Jeff Greene
- Tyson Hall
- Kirt Harding
- Bryant Pearson
- Al Santos
- William Hudson
- Christopher A. Sawyer
- Dylan Gallagher
- Jehan-Pierre 'The Preacher' Vassau
- Dawn A. Douglas
- Robbie Neigeborn
- Clinton Lowe
- Wilhelm Lewis
- James Hunter
- Neville White
- Lonnie Gaetano
- Jeff Mantel
- Serena Joan Springle
- Ron Piretti
- Nino Del Buono
- Panama Redd
- Arthur M. Mercante
- Fab 5 Freddy
- Jonah Denizard
- Steve McAuliff
- Bill Richards
- Fatima Robinson
- Celestine Rae
- Monique Lea-Gall
- Shannon MacMillan
- Latonya Tolbert
- Cicily Daniels
- Sandra Park
- Yuri Kamino-Fennell
- Clarence Williams III
- Brian Albanese
- Brian Keith Allen
- Ephraim Benton
- Myo Campbell
- John Cenatiempo
- J.W. Cortes
- Cris D'Annunzio
- Ernest Dancy
- Michael Den Dekker
- Mark DiConzo
- Kevin van Doorslaer
- Monique Dupree
- Joseph Ferrante
- Eddie Goines
- Kelvin Hale
- Gabriel Hansen
- Jermel Howard
- Hristo Hristov
- Atif Lanier
- Tina Lorraine
- Artie Pasquale
- Nick Poltoranin
- Kevin Pinassi
- Louis Rosario
- Paula Rittie
- Billy Smith
- Aija Terauda
- Tammy Vaughn
- Philippe Vonlanthen
- Brad Lee Wind
- Ray Wineteer
- Frances Mignano
Director
- Ridley Scott
Producers
- Brian Grazer
- Ridley Scott
Screenwriter
- Steven Zaillian