Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
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Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
Nominated for 2 Oscars
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$100,000,000
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$266,500,000
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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
aftercreditsstinger
dishonesty
1960s
violence
provocative
factual
suspenseful
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