The big heist
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The big heist |
| Country of production |
Canada USA |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Markowitz |
| script | Jere Cunningham |
| production | Robert Markowitz Mark Winemaker |
| music | Lou Pomanti |
| camera | Rudolf Blahacek |
| cut | David Beatty |
| occupation | |
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The Big Heist is a documentary about the infamous Lufthansa robbery that took place on December 11, 1978 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City . It is a film adaptation of the book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $ 8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It" by Ernest Volkman , from 1986.
action
The Irish-born mobster named James "Jimmy" Burke , who was released from prison in the mid-1970s, organized the largest cash robbery in the history of the United States with gangsters such as Henry Hill , known from Good Fellas . Investigator Richard Woods tries to solve the case and bring Jimmy Burke, who works for the New York Lucchese family , back under lock and key. As this gets closer to the truth, gangsters involved in the robbery are silenced.
background
On June 10, 2001, the film, produced by A&E Television Networks , Alliance Atlantis Communications and Gary Hoffman Productions , was released in the United States.
Web links
- The Big Heist in the Internet Movie Database (English)