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.
Cast
Denzel Washington
Russell Crowe
Josh Brolin
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Lymari Nadal
Ted Levine
Armand Assante
John Ortiz
John Hawkes
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