{"id":58330,"date":"2023-08-28T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=58330"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:49:16","slug":"showtime-sets-premiere-for-heist-88-starring-two-time-emmy-winner-courtney-b-vance-and-inspired-by-one-of-the-largest-bank-robberies-in-u-s-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/28\/showtime-sets-premiere-for-heist-88-starring-two-time-emmy-winner-courtney-b-vance-and-inspired-by-one-of-the-largest-bank-robberies-in-u-s-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime Sets Premiere for &#8220;Heist 88&#8221; Starring Two-Time Emmy Winner Courtney B. 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He recruits four young bank employees to steal close to $80 million dollars in a daring and brazen assault on the U.S. banking system. The film takes place in a time before widespread computerization and the vast cybersecurity of today. It also reunites Vance with Keesha Sharp, who portrayed Dale Cochran in the award-winning limited series <em>The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story<\/em>, and Bentley Green, who recently starred alongside Vance in the drama series <em>61st Street<\/em>. HEIST 88 also stars Keith David (<em>The Nice Things<\/em>), Xavier Clyde (<em>City on Fire<\/em>), Nican Robinson (Beef), and Precious Way (<em>Days of Our Lives<\/em>). 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