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.
Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lymari Nadal
Crew: Michael Costigan (Executive Producer), Branko Lustig (Executive Producer), Avy Kaufman (Casting), Brian Grazer (Producer), Ridley Scott (Director), Pietro Scalia (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
Runtime: 157 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 02, 2007
IMDb: 3.408
Keywords:new york city, vietnam, drug smuggling, society, gangster, drug trafficking, heroin, junkie, ghetto, nightclub, ambition, rise and fall, cop, organized crime, drug dealing, police corruption, wedding, police detective, family, surveillance, bribery, law enforcement, aftercreditsstinger, dishonesty, 1960s, provocative, factual, violence, suspenseful, intense, brisk
