Directed by:
Robert MarkowitzScreenplay:
Jere CunninghamCinematography:
Rudolf BlaháčekCast:
Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Jamie Harris, Nick Sandow, Rocco Sisto, Rory O'Shea, Hamish McEwan, Janet Kidder, Sam Coppola, Michael P. Moran, Boyana Balta (more)Plots(1)
Donald Sutherland stars as the dapper gangster "Irish" Jimmy Burke in this A&E Original Movie based on an incredible true story. The 1978 Lufthansa heist at New York City's JFK airport was one of the most daring robberies in history. The thieves escaped with $8 million, and the job entered the annals of crime alongside the Great Train Robbery and the Brinks Heist. Based on the book of the same name by Ernest Volkman and John Cummingswil, THE BIG HEIST tells how the FBI, the NYPD and the Nassau County Police Department worked together to bring down the dapper gangster "Irish" Jimmy Burke, the mastermind behind the crime, who is also believed to be responsible for the disappearance of several of his cohorts. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Donald Sutherland
Canada
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John Heard
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Jamie Harris
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Nick Sandow
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Rocco Sisto
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Rory O'Shea
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Hamish McEwan
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Janet Kidder
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Sam Coppola
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Boyana Balta
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Elizabeth Saunders
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Matthew MacFadzean
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