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American Gangster

There are two sides to the American dream.

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.

Status
Released
Origin country
US
Release Date
Budget:
$100,000,000.00
Revenue:
$269,755,430.00
Companies
Film Rites
Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures
Relativity Media
Scott Free Productions