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American Gangster

2007 • 2h 37m

7.5 / 10

5923 votes

  • Drama
  • Crime

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Overview

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.

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