The Big Heist
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Not to be confused with Heist (film) or The Heist (2001 film).
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| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Directed by | Robert Markowitz |
| Produced by | Gary Hoffman Robert Markowitz John Morayniss Michael Weisbarth Mark Winemaker |
| Written by | Book Authors: Ernest Volkman John Cummings Screenwriters: Jere Cunningham Gary Hoffman |
| Starring | Donald Sutherland |
| Music by | Lou Pomanti |
| Editing by | David Beatty |
| Country | Canada |
| Original channel | A&E Television Networks |
| Release date | June 10, 2001 |
| Running time | 92 min |
The Big Heist is an American television movie which aired in 2001, on the A&E Television Networks.
The film portrays the events of the 1978 Lufthansa Heist. The events and characters depicted in the film were also the subject of the much more well-known 1990 film Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese. They were also the subject of another made-for-television film called The 10 Million Dollar Getaway.
[edit] 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
- Michael P. Moran as Louis the Whale, inspired by Louis Cafora
- Joe Pingue as Marty Krugman
- Bo Rucker as Stacks Edwards
- Rocco Sisto as Tommy DeSimone
- Robert Morelli as Angelo Sepe
- Joe Maruzzo as Paolo Falcone, inspired by Paolo LiCastri
- Gino Marrocco as Paulie Vario
- Sam Coppola as Paul Castellano
- Steven Randazzo as John Gotti
- Craig Eldridge as Agent Billings
[edit] References
- Volkman, Ernest; Cummings, John (October 1986). The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It. New York: Franklin Watts. ISBN 0531150240.
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