The Big Heist

The Big Heist (2001)

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.

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  • Release Date: 2001-06-10
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Director: Robert Markowitz

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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

  • Bo Rucker

    Stax Edwards

  • Rocco Sisto

    Tommy DeSimone

  • Robert Morelli

    Angelo Sepe

  • Joe Maruzzo

    Paolo Falcone

  • Gino Marrocco

    Paulie Vario

  • Steven Randazzo

    John Gotti

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