20072h 37mDir. Ridley Scott

American Gangster

Name: American Gangster
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2007-11-02
Duration: 2 h 37 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

“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.

Starring:Denzel Washington,Russell Crowe,Josh Brolin,Chiwetel Ejiofor,Cuba Gooding Jr.

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Denzel Washington

Frank Lucas

Russell Crowe

Richie Roberts

Josh Brolin

Detective Trupo

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Huey Lucas

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Nicky Barnes

Lymari Nadal

Eva

Ted Levine

Lou Toback

Armand Assante

Dominic Cattano

John Ortiz

Javier J. Rivera

John Hawkes

Freddie Spearman

RZA

Moses Jones

Yul Vazquez

Alfonso Abruzzo

Key Production Crew

Director

Ridley Scott

Screenplay & Writers

Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson

Cinematography

Harris Savides

Original Score

Marc Streitenfeld

Producers

Brian Grazer, Ridley Scott

Film Details

Budget$100,000,000

Box Office Revenue$269,755,430

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Film RitesImagine EntertainmentUniversal PicturesRelativity MediaScott Free Productions

Keywords & Themes

#new york city#vietnam#drug smuggling#society#gangster#drug trafficking#heroin#junkie#ghetto#nightclub

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

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4.0

American Gangster is fantastic movie with a really well developed storyline and a very talented cast. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe both matched their characters perfectly, which I was surprised with because they b...

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