Dog Day Afternoon

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Director

Sidney Lumet

Cast

Al Pacino as Sonny Wartzik

John Cazale as Salvatore

Charles Durning as Eugene Moretti

Chris Sarandon as Leon Shermer

Sully Boyar as Mulvaney

James Broderick as FBI Agent Shedlon

Penelope Allen as Sylvia

Carol Kane as Jenny

Marcia Jean Kurtz as Miriam

Amy Levitt as Maria

Susan Peretz as Angela Wortzik

Writers

Frank Pierson (screenplay)

P.F. Kluge (magazine article)

Thomas Moore (magazine article)

Leslie Waller (book)


Summary

Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does go wrong.
Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does go wrong.

Genre

Biography, Crime, Drama

Released

September 21, 1975

Runtime

2hrs 5min

MPAA

Rated R

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