Director: Ridley Scott

Writer: Steven Zaillian

Keywords: Crime, Heroin, Biography, New York, Harlem

A police detective works to undermine the empire of a notorious drug lord in 1970s Manhattan.

ABSTRACT
The scene: Harlem in the 1970s. Gangster Frank Lucas, seizing an opportunity presented by the death of employer "Bumpy" Johnson, assumes control as the area's number-one importer of heroin, establishing himself through a unique process entailing transportation of high-quality quantities of the drug from the Far East. American Gangster is the story of New York City policeman Richie Roberts' longshot attempts in concert with the federal government to bring Lucas' empire to its knees.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Armand Assante	Actor	4-Oct-1949		Judge Dredd
Roger Bart	Actor	29-Sep-1962		Stepford Wives remake
Josh Brolin	Actor	12-Feb-1968		No Country for Old Men
Common	Rapper	13-Mar-1972		Jazz-rap performer
Kevin Corrigan	Actor	27-Mar-1969		Eddie Finnerty on Grounded for Life
Russell Crowe	Actor	7-Apr-1964		A Beautiful Mind
Ruby Dee	Actor	27-Oct-1924	12-Jun-2014	The Jackie Robinson Story
Chiwetel Ejiofor	Actor	10-Jul-1974		Dirty Pretty Things
Idris Elba	Actor	6-Sep-1972		The Wire
Cuba Gooding, Jr.	Actor	2-Jan-1968		Show him the money already
Carla Gugino	Actor	29-Aug-1971		Spy Kids
Anthony Hamilton	Singer/Songwriter	28-Jan-1971		Comin' from Where I'm From
John Hawkes	Actor	11-Sep-1959		Bugsy in The Perfect Storm
T. I.	Rapper	25-Sep-1980		Dirty south rapper, Trap Muzik
Ted Levine	Actor	29-May-1958		Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs
Joe Morton	Actor	18-Oct-1947		The brother from another planet
Jon Polito	Actor	29-Dec-1950	1-Sep-2016	Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing
Norman Reedus	Actor	6-Jan-1969		Gossip
The RZA	Music Producer	5-Jul-1969		Wu-Tang Clan
Roger Guenveur Smith	Actor	27-Jul-1959		A Huey P. Newton Story
KaDee Strickland	Actor	14-Dec-1975		Dr. Charlotte King on Private Practice
Denzel Washington	Actor	28-Dec-1954		Training Day

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