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American Gangster (2007)
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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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.
Rating:R
Genre:Drama, Crime
Written By:Steven Zaillian
In Theaters:11/2/2007
Box Office:$269,755,430
Runtime:157 minutes
Studio:Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
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