American Gangster
Nov 02, 2007 | IMDB 7.6
157 min Watch NowDrama, Crime
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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IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1982
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