American Gangster
2007 • 2h 37m
7.5 / 10
6136 votes
- Drama
- Crime
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.Similar to American Gangster
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