Overview - American Gangster
Date of release
Budget
$100,000,000.00
Revenue
$266,500,000.00
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
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 the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
Cast
Name: Russell Crowe
Character: Richie Roberts
Popularity: 62.715
Name: Denzel Washington
Character: Frank Lucas
Popularity: 86.38
Name: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Character: Huey Lucas
Popularity: 31.775
Name: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Character: Nicky Barnes
Popularity: 21.728
Name: Josh Brolin
Character: Detective Trupo
Popularity: 55.515
Name: Ted Levine
Character: Lou Toback
Popularity: 22.052
Name: Armand Assante
Character: Dominic Cattano
Popularity: 13.857
Name: John Ortiz
Character: Javier J. Rivera
Popularity: 9.62
