American Gangster

Synopsis

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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When & where

Streaming on

• Netflix↗
• Netflix Standard with Ads↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Denzel Washington
  as Frank Lucas
• 
  Russell Crowe
  as Richie Roberts
• 
  Josh Brolin
  as Detective Trupo
• 
  Chiwetel Ejiofor
  as Huey Lucas
• 
  Cuba Gooding Jr.
  as Nicky Barnes
• 
  Lymari Nadal
  as Eva

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