Movie: The Big Heist

Top 10 Billed Cast

Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland

Jimmy Burke

John Heard
John Heard

Richard Woods

Jamie Harris
Jamie Harris

Frankie Burke

Janet Kidder
Janet Kidder

Maria

Nick Sandow
Nick Sandow

Henry Hill

Sam Coppola
Sam Coppola

Paul Castellano

Michael P. Moran
Michael P. Moran

Louis the Whale

Joe Pingue
Joe Pingue

Marty Krugman

Bo Rucker
Bo Rucker

Stax Edwards

Rocco Sisto
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

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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    English
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