American Gangster

American Gangster
2007DramaCrime157 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from... read more

  • Ridley Scott

    Director

  • Steven Zaillian

    Screenplay

  • Mark Jacobson

    Writer

  • Harris Savides

    Director of Photography

  • Pietro Scalia

    Editor

  • Russell Crowe

    Richie Roberts

  • Denzel Washington

    Frank Lucas

  • Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Huey Lucas

  • Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Nicky Barnes

  • Josh Brolin

    Detective Trupo

  • Ted Levine

    Lou Toback

  • Armand Assante

    Dominic Cattano

  • John Ortiz

    Javier J. Rivera

  • John Hawkes

    Freddie Spearman

  • RZA

    Moses Jones

  • Lymari Nadal

    Eva

  • Yul Vazquez

    Alfonso Abruzzo

  • Ruby Dee

    Mama Lucas

  • Idris Elba

    Tango

  • Carla Gugino

    Laurie Roberts

  • Joe Morton

    Charlie Williams

  • Common

    Turner Lucas

  • Ritchie Coster

    Joey Sadano

  • Jon Polito

    Rossi

  • Kevin Corrigan

    Campizi

  • Roger Guenveur Smith

    Nate

  • Malcolm Goodwin

    Jimmy Zee

  • Ric Young

    Chinese General

  • Roger Bart

    US Attorney

  • T.I.

    Stevie Lucas

  • KaDee Strickland

    Richie's Attorney

  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson

    Doc

  • Norman Reedus

    Detective in Morgue

  • Kathleen Garrett

    Mrs. Dominic Cattano

  • Albert Jones

    Terrence Lucas

  • J. Kyle Manzay

    Dexter Lucas

  • Melissia Hill

    Redtop

  • Skyler Fortgang

    Michael Roberts

  • Bari K. Willerford

    Joe Louis

  • Warner Miller

    Melvin Lucas

  • Quisha Saunders

    Darlynn

  • Robert Funaro

    McCann

  • Tom O'Rourke

    Banker

  • Robert C. Kirk

    Police Captain

  • Tom Stearns

    2-Star General

    • Runtime

    157 minutes

    Released

    2007-11-02

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    United States of America

    Studios

    Film Rites

    Imagine Entertainment

    Universal Pictures

    Scott Free Productions

    Relativity Media

    Sound

  • Marc Streitenfeld

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    129 days ago

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