Overview
Plot
Loosely based on Frank Lucas, a La Grange, North Carolina gangster who smuggled heroin into the U.S. on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, until a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts brought him down.
- Directors
- Ridley Scott
- Cast
- Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Armand Assante, John Ortiz, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Ruby Dee, Idris Elba, Carla Gugino, Joe Morton, Common, Ritchie Coster, Jon Polito, Kevin Corrigan
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Drama, Crime
- Release date
- 2007-11-02
- Studios
- Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
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This film is loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina. He smuggled heroin into the United States using American service planes returning from the Vietnam War. He was eventually detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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