A low-ranking Mafia gangster is keen to make a name for himself and exults in his success when he pulls off a multi-million dollar heist at JFK Airport. However, his crime syndicate bosses order the deaths of his henchmen on an unrelated matter, forcing him to turn to the detective tailing him to help him stay alive. Fact-based crime drama set in the 1970s, with Donald Sutherland and John Heard.

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.