Dog Day Afternoon

Category: Movies •

Genre: Crime • Drama • Thriller •

Rating: 7.843

Director: Sidney Lumet,

Writer: Frank Pierson (Screenplay),

Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick, William Bogert, 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, 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,

Language: en

Country: USA

Release Date: September 21, 1975

Plot: 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.