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.
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.
Detective Richie Roberts: My investigation indicates that Frank Lucas is above the Mafia. District Attorney: Who does he work for? Which family? Detective Richie Roberts: He's not Italian, he's black. District Attorney: No black man has accomplished what the American Mafia hasn't in a hundred years!
Frank Lucas: They tried to kill my Wife! Frank Lucas: Who are they?... Huh?... Maybe it was one of your people? Dominic Cattano: I don't know yet. Frank Lucas: You don't know. Dominic Cattano: No. Frank Lucas: You don't know. Frank Lucas: I tell you what I know maybe I should just uh, put five hundred guns out there on the street and just start shooting up some people just to make a point.
