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.
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
Bo Rucker
as Stax Edwards
Rocco Sisto
as Tommy DeSimone
Robert Morelli
as Angelo Sepe
Joe Maruzzo
as Paolo Falcone
