The Big Heist
| The Big Heist | |
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| Genre | Docudrama |
| Directed by | Robert Markowitz |
| Produced by |
Robert Markowitz Mark Winemaker |
| Screenplay by |
Jere Cunningham Gary Hoffman |
| Based on |
The Heist by Ernest Volkman John Cummings |
| Starring |
Donald Sutherland John Heard Jamie Harris Janet Kidder |
| Music by | Lou Pomanti |
| Cinematography | Rudolf Blahacek |
| Editing by | David Beatty |
| Production company |
Alliance Atlantis A&E Network Gary Hoffman Prod. |
| Country |
Canada USA |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | A&E Network |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 92 min |
The Big Heist is a Canadian-US TV movie which first aired in 2001, on the A&E Television Networks.
Based on the 1986 book The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It, the film tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was also the subject of another made-for-television film called The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (1991).[1]
Main 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 Parnell "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
References
- ↑ "Movies: The 10 Million Dollar Getaway". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- 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 0-531-15024-0.
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