American Gangster

Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding Jr., RZA, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, John Ortiz, Yul Vazquez, Ted Levine, Armand Assante, Brian Keith Allen, Bobby Beckles, Roger Bart, Common, Brendan Burke, Ruby Dee, Cris D'Annunzio, Dawn Douglas

Director: Ridley Scott

Rating: R

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release date: November 2nd, 2007

Synopsis:

Follows a real-life Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas (Cheadle), who rose to power in the early 1970s by smuggling heroin into the United States in the caskets of soldiers killed in Vietnam. After detective Richie Roberts (Del Toro) catches up with him, Lucas cooperates with drug enforcement officials and aids Roberts in a dragnet operation

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