The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (TV 1991)

Jimmy and his mates have stolen 10 million dollars from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has got no idea of the bandits until Theresa, the girlfriend of Burke, gives them a hint. ... See full summary »

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

Doug Feiden (book), Christopher Canaan (teleplay)

Stars:

John Mahoney, Gerry Bamman, Joseph Carberry

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Mahoney	...	Jimmy Burke
Gerry Bamman	...	Peter Greunwald
Joseph Carberry	...	Marty Krugman
Terrence Mann	...	Richard Eaton
Kenneth McGregor	...	Tommy DeSimone (as Kenneth J. McGregor)
Christopher Murney	...	Lou Werner
Tom Noonan	...	Mr. Y
Wendell Pierce	...	Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Tom Signorelli	...	Flatlands Tony
Mike Starr	...	Robert "Frenchy" McMahon
Karen Young	...	Theresa
Tony Lo Bianco	...	Tony 'Ducks' Carallo
Louis Spenser	...	Vamp
Chuck Aber	...	Lee Lester
Rick Applegate	...	Fed #1

Storyline

Jimmy and his mates have stolen 10 million dollars from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has got no idea of the bandits until Theresa, the girlfriend of Burke, gives them a hint. Mafia boss Carallo gets mad because of this and orders a killer onto Jimmy and his gang's trail.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | heist | based on book | number in title

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

10 miljoonan ryöstö

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wilshire Court Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 93 min (VHS)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Depicts the same events as Goodfellas. For that film, the character Jimmy Burke was renamed Jimmy Conway.

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Connections

References Goodfellas (1990)

User Reviews

Lower-Key Gangster Movie Not Bad

There isn't a lot of action in this crime film, but it still has no trouble holding your attention. It's also unusual to be a modern tough-guy film like this with so little profanity, including the Lord's name in vain, atlhough I didn't know it was a TV-movie until I posted this review. However, there is a common Catholic-bashing as it showed not once but three times - to make sure you get the point - the gang leader (John Mahoney) as a church-goer. In one scene, he is praying the rosary while they show nothing but violent scenes. That's an old association trick that was effectively portrayed in the Godfather films of the early '70s.

Nonetheless, if's a pretty inoffensive movie overall and a good character study of some of the people involved in real-life crime.

It was a shock at the end when almost all the thieves were killed by the mob hierarchy, including the informant. I don't understand how the gang leader escaped that, unless it was his association with the longtime mob boss that spared him.