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List of the most dreaded gangsters in American history. The list includes names such as Al Capone, Henry Hill, Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky and Carmine Persico.
The film is 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.
2 Nov 2007 · American Gangster: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin. An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
15 Mei 2023 · American Gangster dramatizes the true story of drug kingpin Frank Lucas and the rigorous investigation by Detective Richie Roberts that took down his empire. Starring Denzel Washington as Lucas and Russell Crowe as Roberts, the Ridley Scott-directed movie opened to rave reviews and has garnered a cult following among modern crime dramas.
5 Dis 2021 · It’s no wonder why Ridley Scott made American Gangster, a movie based on the life of Harlem heroin kingpin Frank “Superfly” Lucas. The details of his ascent to the upper echelon of the 1970s drug trade are as wildly cinematic as they are likely exaggerated.
American Gangster is a gritty and entertaining throwback to classic gangster films, with its lead performers firing on all cylinders. Read Critics Reviews Critics Reviews
A history of the FBI from the mid-1920s through the late-1930s, defined by important cases and national events, including the rise of American gangsters.
