Denzel Washington stars as mobster Frank Lucas in American Gangster, which is based on a true story. But how much of the movie actually happened?
American Gangster dramatizes the true story of drug kingpin Frank Lucas and the rigorous investigation by Detective Richie Roberts that took down his empire. Starring Denzel Washington as Lucas and Russell Crowe as Roberts, the Ridley Scott-directed movie opened to rave reviews and has garnered a cult following among modern crime dramas.
9 Richie Roberts Wasn’t Involved In A Child Custody Battle American Gangster is one of Russell Crowe’s best and most-acclaimed movies as the actor plays Richie Roberts with emotional depth. The character’s arc gets more tragic as he’s involved in a custody battle with his ex-wife over their son. However, this legal battle never happened since Roberts never had a child with his first wife, the defense attorney and former detective told the New York Post in 2007.
6 Frank Lucas’ Drug Transportation Methods Are Debatable In American Gangster, Frank Lucas sources his heroin from Vietnam and gets it into U.S. territories in the planes carrying American servicemen and the coffins of fallen soldiers. This can align with the true story, but doubts have arisen, as the real Frank Lucas never offered any straight answers on his process.
4 Blue Magic Heroin Wasn’t 100% Pure Frank Lucas’s brand of heroin, Blue Magic, is depicted as a 100 percent pure product in American Gangster. While the product was indeed 98 percent pure when transported from Southeast Asia, the New York magazine article shed light on how it was adulterated further. Upon procuring the heroin in America, Lucas “cut it with 60 percent mannite and 40 percent quinine.” The end product would be Lucas’s signature Blue Magic, heroin that is 10 percent pure.
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