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The Big Heist (2001)

The Big Heist (2001)

Drama Crime TV Movie
Release Date: 2001, June 10
Directors: Robert Markowitz
Countries: Canada, United States of America
Production: Alliance Atlantis, Gary Hoffman Productions, A+E Studios
Cast: Michael P. Moran, John Heard, Jamie Harris, Donald Sutherland, Joe Pingue, Bo Rucker, Janet Kidder, Gino Marrocco, Rocco Sisto, Steven Randazzo, Sam Coppola, Robert Morelli

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.

Keywords:

robbery mafia