The Big Heist
movie
Released June 10, 2001
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
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
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Bo Rucker
as
Stax Edwards
Rocco Sisto
as
Tommy DeSimone
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Robert Morelli
as
Angelo Sepe
Joe Maruzzo
as
Paolo Falcone
Crew
Robert Markowitz
as
Director
Robert Markowitz
as
Producer
Mark Winemaker
as
Producer
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Jere Cunningham
as
Screenplay
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Gary Hoffman
as
Screenplay
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Ernest Volkman
as
Story
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John Cummings
as
Story
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David Beatty
as
Editor
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Lou Pomanti
as
Original Music Composer
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Gary Hoffman
as
Executive Producer
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John Morayniss
as
Executive Producer
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Rudolf Blahacek
as
Director of Photography