American Gangster
Summary: An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Runtime: 2 h 37 min
MPAA: R
Production: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions, WR Universal Group
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 100,000,000
Domestic: $ 130,164,645
International: $ 139,590,785
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1970s new york1990saddictionafrican americanafrican american copafrican american familyafrican american gangsterafrican american manafrican american neighborhoodafrican american police officerafrican american policemanafrican american protagonistafrican american womanafro wigali frazier fightali frazier fightambulanceamerican mafiaangeranti semitic slurassassination attemptassaultattempted murderautomobilebag of heroinbandbangkokbangkokbangkok thailandbare breastsbased on articlebased on magazine articlebased on real personbased on true storybattle of witsbeauty queenberettaberetta 950beretta 950bergen county new jerseybilliardsbiting someonebitten handblack americanblack copblack familyblack gangsterblack manblack neighborhoodblack police officerblack womanblacks versus italiansblood splatterblood stainblood stain on carpetblood stain on carpetbludgeoningbody bagbowling alleyboxing matchbriberybrief female full frontal nuditybriefcase full of cashbriefcase full of cashbriefcase full 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