The Big Heist

The Big Heist — Plot

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
• June 10, 2001
• Runtime
• 92 min
• Genres
• Drama, TV Movie, Crime
• Director
• Robert Markowitz

The Big Heist — 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