American Gangster
“There are two sides to the American dream.”
- 2007
- 2h 37m
- R
★ 7.6 TMDB Rating · 6.3K votes
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.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Release date
- Nov 2, 2007
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of American Gangster
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
RZA
Moses Jones
Yul Vazquez
Alfonso Abruzzo
Where to Stream American Gangster by Country
- United States
- Streaming on Apple TV+, fuboTV, YouTube TVRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on NetflixRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video
- India
- Streaming on JioHotstarRent or buy on ZEE5, Amazon Video
- Canada
- Streaming on Prime Video, CraveRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo
- Australia
- Streaming on Netflix, Prime VideoRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies
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