Movie

The Big Heist

2001★ 5.3 · 121h 32mDramaTV MovieCrime

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.

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Cast

Donald Sutherland
as Jimmy Burke

John Heard
as Richard Woods

Janet Kidder
as Maria

Nick Sandow
as Henry Hill

Jamie Harris
as Frankie Burke

Joe Pingue
as Marty Krugman

Rocco Sisto
as Tommy DeSimone

Joe Maruzzo
as Paolo Falcone

Sam Coppola
as Paul Castellano

Michael P. Moran
as Louis the Whale

Steven Randazzo
as John Gotti

Robert Morelli
as Angelo Sepe