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.
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Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes
Lymari Nadal
Eva
Ted Levine
Lou Toback
Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano
John Ortiz
Javier J. Rivera
John Hawkes
Freddie Spearman
RZA
Moses Jones
Yul Vazquez
Alfonso Abruzzo
Ruby Dee
Mama Lucas
Idris Elba
Tango
Carla Gugino
Laurie Roberts
Ridley Scott
Director, Producer
Steven Zaillian
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Nicholas Pileggi
Executive Producer
Michael Costigan
Executive Producer
Branko Lustig
Executive Producer
Jim Whitaker
Executive Producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
Harris Savides
Director of Photography
Marc Streitenfeld
Original Music Composer
Pietro Scalia
Editor
Janty Yates
Costume Design
Arthur Max
Production Design
