Dog Day Afternoon
Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22nd, 1972, everything did.
19752h 5mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
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.
Keywords
- heist
- new york city
- psychological thriller
- hostage
- brooklyn
- police
- dramatic
- assertive
- fbi
- bank
- bank robbery
- awestruck
- based on magazine
- newspaper or article
- audacious
- airport
- unhappy marriage
- bank cashier
- car procession
- attica
- witty
- matter of fact
- energetic
- based on magazine, newspaper or article
- brooklyn, new york city
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 21, 1975
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Al Pacino,John Cazale,Charles Durning,Chris Sarandon,James Broderick,Penelope Allen,Sully Boyar,Beulah Garrick,Carol Kane,Sandra Kazanand 29 more
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Producer
- Martin Elfand,Martin Bregman
- Cinematography
- Victor J. Kemper
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Revenue
- $56,665,856
- IMDb
- tt0072890