The Big Heist

The Big Heist

92 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | June 10, 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.

The Big Heist

92 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | June 10, 2001

The Big Heist
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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Alliance Atlantis Communications, Gary Hoffman Productions, A+E Studios
Original title The Big Heist
Directors Robert Markowitz
Writers John Cummings, Ernest Volkman, Jere Cunningham, Gary Hoffman

Cast

Donald Sutherland

as Jimmy Burke

John Heard

as Richard Woods

Jamie Harris

as Frankie Burke

Janet Kidder

as Maria

Nick Sandow

as Henry Hill

Sam Coppola

as Paul Castellano

Michael P. Moran

as Louis the Whale

Joe Pingue

as Marty Krugman

Bo Rucker

as Stax Edwards

Rocco Sisto

as Tommy DeSimone

Robert Morelli

as Angelo Sepe

Joe Maruzzo

as Paolo Falcone

Gino Marrocco

as Paulie Vario

Steven Randazzo

as John Gotti