Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.


Detective Trupo

Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes

Lymari Nadal
Eva

Ted Levine
Lou Toback

Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano