American Gangster
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.
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
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Dishonesty
1960s
Provocative
Violence
Suspenseful
Intense
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Movie tag line: "There are two sides to the American dream."
