From mobsters to the actual Donnie Brasco, and the case that inspired John Cusack’s ‘Money for Nothing’, Neil Moran’s 30-year career kept Hollywood busy
Ray Liotta, Robert de Niro, Paul Sorvino and Joe Pesci on the set of Goodfellas. Photo: Getty
Neil Moran and his FBI colleagues all spotted the same thing when they headed to cinemas with the rest of the world in 1990 for the release of Martin Scorsese’s much-anticipated Goodfellas.
The mob film was inspired by the real-life robbery 12 years earlier of the Lufthansa cargo terminal at John F Kennedy Airport in New York, when a crew of Lucchese crime family associates made off with nearly $6m (€5.2m) in cash and jewellery in a daring heist just two weeks before Christmas.