‘24′ Star Dennis Haysbert To Lead Cast In ‘American Smuggler’ About Hunt For Drug Trafficker Craig Petties
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: 24, Major League and Far From Heaven star Dennis Haysbert is attached to lead cast in action-drama American Smuggler.
The film will chart the relentless hunt for Craig Petties, an American drug trafficker best known for the criminal empire he led in Memphis while operating in collaboration with Mexico’s infamous drug cartels.
Haysbert will play a prominent CIA agent in the film. The project will hone in on the efforts of SEAL Team Six, Delta Force and the Mexican Marines, who painstakingly dismantled an international drug network that plagued communities across North America for decades.
The story also brings to light the lesser-known tragedy of children forced to labor in El Chapo’s infamous tunnels, often losing their lives in collapses.
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