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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
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Overview
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny’s motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Rated R | Length 125 minutes
Actors
Al Pacino | John Cazale | Charles Durning | Chris Sarandon | James Broderick | Penelope Allen | Sully Boyar | Beulah Garrick | Carol Kane | Sandra Kazan | Marcia Jean Kurtz | Amy Levitt | John Marriott | Estelle Omens | Gary Springer | Carmine Foresta | Lance Henriksen | Floyd Levine | Dick Anthony Williams | Dominic Chianese | Marcia Haufrecht | Judith Malina | Susan Peretz | William Bogert | Ron Cummins | Jay Gerber | Philip Charles MacKenzie | Chu Chu Malave | Lionel Pina | Robert Costanzo | Ron Gilbert | Kenneth McMillan | Ed Metzger | Lynette Sheldon | Alan Berger | James Bulleit | Todd Everett | Raymond Serra | Tom Towles