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Was ‘American Gangster’ Based On a True Story?
Described as one of Denzel Washington’s best character portrayals, the life of drug kingpin Frank Lucas loosely inspired the ...
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The Era of Gangster Films
In the character Tommy Powers, the 1931 gangster flick The Public Enemy presented an all-American anti-hero in the tradition of Tom Sawyer. In this story of Prohibition, James Cagney portrays ...
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Denzel Washington Had a Boundary Up Between Him and His ‘American Gangster' Role: ‘I Ain't No Killer'
"Those characters I played in ‘Training Day,' in ‘American Gangster' - it might look like they were close to me, and I could tell you they were, but I wasn't no gangster," said Washington.