There are two sides to the American dream.
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.
Directed byRidley Scott
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- November 2, 2007
- Budget
- $100,000,000
- Revenue
- $269,755,430
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes
Lymari Nadal
Eva
Ted Levine
Lou Toback
Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano
John Ortiz
Javier J. Rivera
John Hawkes
Freddie Spearman
- Directed by
- Ridley Scott
- Written by
- Steven Zaillian
- Produced by
- Brian Grazer
Ridley Scott
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