The Infiltrator
The Infiltrator is a 2016 American biographical crime drama thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by his mother Ellen Brown Furman. The film is based on the eponymous autobiography by Robert Mazur, a U.S. Customs special agent, who in the 1980s helped bust Pablo Escobar's money-laundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessman. The film stars Bryan Cranston as Mazur, with Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joe Gilgun and Amy Ryan in supporting roles.
Plot
During the 1980s, U.S. Customs Service special agent Robert Mazur uses his undercover alias "Bob Musella" to become a pivotal player for drug lords laundering their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world's largest cartel, and helps expose the money-laundering organization of drug lord Pablo Escobar and take down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), which had secretly taken illegal ownership of First American Bankshares in Washington, D.C..
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author | Ellen Furman |
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contentLocation | Paris |
director | Brad Furman |
editor | David Rosenbloom Jeff McEvoy Luis Carballar |
genre | crime drama thriller |
keywords | bank of credit and commerce international drug lord drug lords launder medellin cartel money laundering pablo escobar special agent u.s. customs service undercover united states customs service wash world\'s largest cartel |
musicBy | Chris Hajian |
producer | Brad Furman Don Sikorski Miriam Segal Paul Brennan |
productionCompany | Good Films Lipsync |
publisher | Broad Green Pictures |
recordedAt | Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick Florida London Palm Harbor Rivoli Ballroom Sheraton Skyline Hotel at London Heathrow Tampa Bay Waddesdon Manor Wilton's Music Hall |
theme | biographical |