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     Denzel Washington

     Frank Lucas
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     Russell Crowe

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     Chiwetel Ejiofor

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     Cuba Gooding Jr.

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     Lymari Nadal

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     Josh Brolin

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Frank_LucasFrank Lucas - Wikipedia

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   Lucas boasted that he smuggled heroin using the coffins of dead American servicemen, as depicted in the feature film American Gangster (2007), which fictionalized aspects of his life. This claim was denied by his Southeast Asian associate Leslie "Ike" Atkinson .

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     The story of Roberts' investigation and prosecution of Frank...

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     The "Cadaver Connection" was a supposed heroin smuggling...

   • American Gangster

     The film is loosely based on the criminal career of Frank...

   • Frank Matthews (Drug Trafficker)

     Frank Larry Matthews (February 13, 1944 – disappeared June...

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4. allthatsinteresting.com › frank-lucasFrank Lucas And The True Story Behind 'American Gangster'

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   Dec 5, 2021 · Published December 5, 2021. Updated March 12, 2024. The Harlem kingpin who inspired "American Gangster," Frank Lucas began importing and distributing "Blue Magic" heroin in the late 1960s — and made a fortune. It’s no wonder why Ridley Scott made American Gangster, a movie based on the life of Harlem heroin kingpin Frank “Superfly” Lucas.

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5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0765429American Gangster (2007) - IMDb

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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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     The TRUE Story Of 'American Gangster' Frank Lucas - Double Episode | Our History

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     Frank Lucas Interrogation Scene | American Gangster | CLIP

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     American Gangster: Frank is captured HD CLIP

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7. www.biography.com › crime › frank-lucasFrank Lucas - Wife, Children & Movies - Biography

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   Apr 3, 2014 · In 2007, Hollywood once again paid Lucas a visit, with the biopic American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington, which depicted his life of crime. Wife and Daughter

8. www.nytimes.com › obituaries › frank-lucas-deadFrank Lucas Dies at 88; Drug Kingpin Depicted in ‘American ...

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   May 31, 2019 · Frank Lucas, who became one of America’s most notorious gangsters in the 1960s and ’70s when he began selling a potent heroin on the streets of Harlem and Newark, in 2007. Jim...

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   Who played Mr Lucas in 'American Gangster'?

   • His life of crime — rising from poverty to riches in an enterprise that succeeded beyond his wildest dreams — was portrayed in 2007 in Ridley Scott’s film “American Gangster,” with Denzel Washington as Mr. Lucas and Russell Crowe as the prosecutor who brought him down.

   Frank Lucas Dies at 88; Drug Kingpin Depicted in ‘American Gangster’

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   Who is Frank Lucas based on?

   • 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.

   American Gangster (film) - Wikipedia

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   Is American Gangster based on a true story?

   • 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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   Who is Frank Lucas?

   • Biography. A&E Television Networks. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022. ^ "Frank Lucas (1930–2019)". Biography.com. Retrieved August 16, 2020. By the 1960s, gangster and drug kingpin Frank Lucas had constructed an international drug ring that spanned from New York to South East Asia.

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10. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-48482067Frank Lucas: Man who inspired American Gangster dies aged 88

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    May 31, 2019 · 31 May 2019. Getty Images. Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug lord whose life inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, has died. Born in North Carolina in 1930, he moved to New York...