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 Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Brian Grazer, Steve Zaillian and Ridley Scott team to tell the true juggernaut success story of a cult hero from the streets of 1970s Harlem in American Gangster.
Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Oscar® winner Washington), the quiet driver to one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.
Richie Roberts (Oscar® winner Crowe) is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.
Washington (Training Day) and Crowe (Gladiator) lead a spectacular cast of accomplished and rising stars -- including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Josh Brolin, Armand Assante, RZA, John Ortiz, John Hawkes and Ted Levine in this blistering tale of a true American entrepreneur directed by Oscar® nominee Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and produced by Academy Award® winner Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) and Scott from a screenplay by Academy Award® winner Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List).
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Directed by
Ridley Scott
Starring
Denzel Washington (Frank Lucas)
Russell Crowe (Detective Richie Roberts)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (Nicky Barnes)
Josh Brolin (Det. Trupo)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
RZA (Jones)
John Ortiz (Javy Rivera)
John Hawkes
Ted Levine (Toback)
Armand Assante
Yul Vazquez (Detective Alphonse Abruzzo)
Brian Keith Allen (Narcotics Detective)
Roger Bart
Bobby Beckles (Taxi Cop #2)
Brendan Burke (Dead Soldier)
Common (Turner Lucas)
Cris D'Annunzio
Ruby Dee (Mrs. Lucas)
Emile Dillon (Tough Teen)
Dawn Douglas (Narcotics Officer w/family in elevator)
Molyneau DuBelle (Small's Lady)
Monique Dupree (Club goer)
Idris Elba
Joe Ferrante (Cattano's Bodyguard)
Jack Fitz (Hugh Hefner)
Edwin Freeman (Metal Door Worker)
Robert Funaro (McCann)
Jason Furlani (Baliff @ Frank's Trial)
Kathleen Garrett (Dominic Cattano's Wife)
Malcolm Goodwin (Jimmy Zee)
Jeff Greene (Metal Door Worker (Fred))
Carla Gugino
Tommy Guiffre (Medical Examiner O'Brian)
Gabriel Hansen (Mechanic (Gabe))
John Hill (Military Police Officer)
Melissia Hill (Red Top)
Joe James (Nicky Barnes Bodyguard)
Robert C. Kirk (Police Captain)
John McVay (Police Officer)
Bradley Miles (Club Goer)
Alyxx Morgen (Hot Mom)
Lymari Nadal
Jerrod Paige (Muhammad Ali)
Bryant Pearson (Drug Dealer#2)
Jon Polito (Rossi)
John Ramaine (Wealthy Guest)
Panama Redd (Police Officer)
Norman Reedus (Detective Norman Reily)
Leesa Rowland (Angie Dickinson)
Saycon Sengbloh (Tango's Woman)
Kenny Shapiro (NY Undercover)
Eric Silver (White Kid Buyer)
Derrick Simmons (Taxi Cop #1)
Roger Guenveur Smith (Nate)
KaDee Strickland (Sheilah)
T.I. (Nephew)
Sonny Vellozzi (Boxing Fan)
Adrian Washington (Detective Reynolds)
Written by
Steven Zallian
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