The story of the 1978 Lufthansa robbery, when an airport employee who has stolen money and owes many thousands in gambling debts is about to be killed by a mob boss managed to save his life by telling him about how Lufthansa airlines sends millions of dollars in cash during certain flights. The boss then organizes a criminal gang, the idea that they would use two vans to pick up the millions of dollars from the airport warehouse.
But things go wrong from the beginning. Only one van shows up, with the take being less than hoped for. Worse yet, the van is found when the person responsible for destroying it has failed to do so. Then the boss decides the robbers have to be silenced for good, especially as one person snitches...
The movie does not spring for action, but the tension is there as we learn of the various gang members being wiped out. The moral is clear. Crime really is too risky.
But things go wrong from the beginning. Only one van shows up, with the take being less than hoped for. Worse yet, the van is found when the person responsible for destroying it has failed to do so. Then the boss decides the robbers have to be silenced for good, especially as one person snitches...
The movie does not spring for action, but the tension is there as we learn of the various gang members being wiped out. The moral is clear. Crime really is too risky.