Overview - American Gangster
Date of release
Budget
$100,000,000.00
Revenue
$269,755,430.00
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Film Rites
Production country United States of America
Name: Imagine Entertainment
Production country United States of America
Name: Universal Pictures
Production country United States of America
Name: Relativity Media
Production country United States of America
Name: Scott Free Productions
Production country United States of America
Overview
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.
Cast
Name: Denzel Washington
Character: Frank Lucas
Popularity: 3.2271
Name: Russell Crowe
Character: Richie Roberts
Popularity: 3.0701
Name: Josh Brolin
Character: Detective Trupo
Popularity: 2.7438
Name: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Character: Huey Lucas
Popularity: 1.706
Name: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Character: Nicky Barnes
Popularity: 1.1976
Name: Lymari Nadal
Character: Eva
Popularity: 0.4281
Name: Ted Levine
Character: Lou Toback
Popularity: 1.2575
Name: Armand Assante
Character: Dominic Cattano
Popularity: 0.8352
