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American Gangster

There are two sides to the American dream.

Rating 7.6 / 10Release November 2, 2007Runtime 157 min

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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