Overview - The Big Heist
Date of release
Budget
Budget data not disclosed
Revenue
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Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Alliance Atlantis
Production country Canada
Name: Gary Hoffman Productions
Production country
Name: A+E Studios
Production country United States of America
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.
Cast
Name: Donald Sutherland
Character: Jimmy Burke
Popularity: 2.8066
Name: John Heard
Character: Richard Woods
Popularity: 2.1208
Name: Jamie Harris
Character: Frankie Burke
Popularity: 0.664
Name: Janet Kidder
Character: Maria
Popularity: 0.8763
Name: Nick Sandow
Character: Henry Hill
Popularity: 0.8867
Name: Sam Coppola
Character: Paul Castellano
Popularity: 0.5124
Name: Michael P. Moran
Character: Louis the Whale
Popularity: 1.8304
Name: Joe Pingue
Character: Marty Krugman
Popularity: 0.7672
