American Gangster (2007)
7.585
/10 By 5325 Votes
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.
Release Date : November 2, 2007
Runtime : 157m
Companies : Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : new york city, vietnam, drug smuggling, society, gangster, drug trafficking, heroin, junkie, ghetto, nightclub, ambition, rise and fall, cop, organized crime, drug dealing, police corruption, wedding, police detective, family, surveillance, bribery, law enforcement, aftercreditsstinger, dishonesty, 1960s, provocative, factual, violence, suspenseful, intense, brisk
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