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The Big Heist(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-06-10
49%
11 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film "Goodfella"s, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was also the subject of another made-for-television film: "The 10 Million Dollar Getaway" from 1991.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Gary Hoffman Productions
Movie: The Big Heist
Top 10 Billed Cast
Donald Sutherland
Jimmy Burke
John Heard
Richard Woods
Jamie Harris
Frankie Burke
Janet Kidder
Maria
Nick Sandow
Henry Hill
Sam Coppola
Paul Castellano
Michael P. Moran
Louis the Whale
Joe Pingue
Marty Krugman
Rocco Sisto
Tommy DeSimone
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Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film "Goodfella"s, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was also the subject of another made-for-television film: "The 10 Million Dollar Getaway" from 1991.
Release Date
2001-06-10
Average
4.9
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