Dog Day Afternoon
Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22nd, 1972, everything did.
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.
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Revenue
- $56,665,856
- Production
- Artists Entertainment Complex
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Cast
Al Pacino
Sonny
John Cazale
Sal
Charles Durning
Moretti
Chris Sarandon
Leon
James Broderick
Sheldon
Sully Boyar
Mulvaney
Carol Kane
Jenny
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Miriam
Lance Henriksen
Murphy
Floyd Levine
Phone Cop
Dick Anthony Williams
Limo Driver
Dominic Chianese
Father
Marcia Haufrecht
Neighbor
Judith Malina
Mother
Susan Peretz
Angie
William Bogert
TV Anchorman
Ron Cummins
TV Reporter
Jay Gerber
Sam
Philip Charles MacKenzie
Doctor
Chu Chu Malave
Maria's Boyfriend
Crew
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writers
- Frank Pierson
- Producers
- Martin Elfand,Martin Bregman
- Cinematography
- Victor J. Kemper
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talisencrw
August 23, 2016
Recently I have gotten on kicks for both watching and appreciating the works of director Sidney Lumet and the classic (i.e., 70's) performances of Al Pacino. Thus I came across this film, which I had on DVD forever. It'll interesting to watch the recent documentary on the character Pacino portrays, 'The Dog'--just found out about it earlier today. I loved Lumet's films he made before this that I've seen--'12 Angry Men', 'The Fugitive Kind', 'The Hill', 'The Anderson Tapes' and 'Murder on the Ori…
Filipe Manuel Neto
April 14, 2024
**A good film, but not as memorable as some people say.** Director Sidney Lumet created this film based on a true incident that is still the subject of study by police cadets today: a homosexual who decides to rob a bank to pay for his partner's sex change, but who takes the manager and the employees as hostages when things get complicated, and desperately tries not to be killed or arrested by the policemen, who surround the place and try to control a maddened crowd, who are not sympathetic t…