American gangsters biography
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Frank Lucas
American crime figure (1930–2019)
For other people with the same name, see Frank Lucas (disambiguation).
Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia. Lucas boasted that he smuggled heroin using the coffins of dead American servicemen,[6][7] as depicted in the feature film American Gangster (2007), which fictionalized aspects of his life. This claim was denied by his Southeast Asian associate Leslie "Ike" Atkinson.[8]
In 1976, Lucas was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 70 years in prison, but after becoming an informant, he and his family were placed in the Witness Protection Program. In 1981, his federal and state prison sentences were reduced to time served[2] plus lifetime parole.[9] In 1984 he was convicted a second time for drug offenses, and was released from prison in 1991.[10] In 2012, he pled guilty to attempting to cash a $17,000 federal disability benefit check twice, and because of his age and poor health, received a sentence of
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American Gangster
Produced by
Ridley Scott
Brian Grazer
Screenplay by
Steven Zaillian
Music by
Marc Streitenfeld
Cinematography
Harris Savides
Studio
Imagine Entertainment
Scott Free Production
Relativity Media
Country
Rating
Box office
$266.5 million
American Gangster is a 2007 neo-noir gangster film directed by Ridley Scott adapted from a New York magazine story "The Return of Superfly", by Mark Jacobson, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. American Gangster premiered in New York City on October 19, 2007. was released in the United States and Canada on November 2, 2007. The film was also nominated for two Academy Awards, including a notable Best Supporting Actress nomination for Ruby Dee who appears on screen for less than 10 minutes.
This is the second film Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe worked on since Virtuosity. This is also the first time director Ridley Scott has worked with Denzel Washington in comparison to his brother - Tony Scott who has worked with Denzel on several films.
Plot[]
Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a real-life gangster from Harlem who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War. Richie Ro
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