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Nov 2, 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.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Ridley Scott
- 2007-11-02
Screenplay. Mark Jacobson. Writer. Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan.
Bumpy Johnson : [to Frank] A leader, like a shepherd, he sends his fastest nimble sheep, out front. And the others will follow. While the shepherd, he walk quietly behind... Now he's got the stick, and the cane, and he'll use it! If he has to.
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.
May 9, 2023 · In reality, the nature of Frank Lucas' relationship with Bumpy Johnson was largely changed for the sake of the movie. In American Gangster, Lucas states that he had been Bumpy's driver for 15 years. The real Bumpy Johnson was in prison until 1963, and died in 1968, making that timeline impossible.
American Gangster - Full Cast & Crew. Set in the early 1970s, this biopic stars Denzel Washington as real-life New York City drug kingpin Frank Lucas, and Russell Crowe as the cop sworn to...
