Frank Lucas teaches the way of the streets to his family. Here he is at a diner, immediately before executing a rival on the streets.

Frank Lucas is one cool customer in American Gangster. That's because he's played by the coolest actor on the planet, Denzel Washington.

In American Gangster, Frank Lucas brings his family into the business. Here they are, walking the streets of Harlem.

When Frank Lucas walks out of church on this day, he's greeted by the man who has been hunting him down: Richie Roberts.

That's a lot of money in front of Richie Roberts. He has to find out where it all came from.

This might seem unusual to some, but Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts worked together to bring down many on the police force. Here they are, at the end of American Gangster.

A picture from American Gangster.

Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) is a drug dealer in 1970s Manhattan. Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) is a detective who must take him down. This is "American Gangster," a Ridley Scott film.

American Gangster (2007) is the story of a heroin kingpin and the detective who will stop at nothing to take him down. The amazing Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe star.