Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

1975 | 2h 13m | Crime, Drama | TV-MA

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Brief Synopsis

On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Sidney Lumet

CAST

Al Pacino

John Cazale

James Broderick

Charles Durning

Penny Allen

Sully Boyar

Carol Kane

Lance Henriksen

PRODUCERS

Martin Bregman

Martin Elfand

WRITERS

Frank Pierson

Host Intros

01:48
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Intro Aired: Jul 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.

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Dog Day Afternoon (1975) -- (Original Trailer)
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The newsy original trailer for Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.
03:39
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) -- (Movie Clip) They're Bringing In Your Wife
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Something of a spoiler, as writer Frank Pierson delivers one of the noted plot curve-balls of the decade in his fact-based screenplay, as cop Moretti (Charles Durning) tells hostage-holding bank robber Sonny (Al Pacino) that his wife has arrived, not expecting Chris Sarandon as Leon, in Sidney Lumets Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) --(Movie Clip) Attica!
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Bank robber Sonny (Al Pacino), now holding hostages, rallies the Brooklyn crowd, citing the infamous 1971 prison riot, after an obscene in-person confrontation with cop Moretti (Charles Durning), a famous scene from Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) --(Movie Clip) It's For You
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Having bungled trying to burn the traveler's check register, bank robber Sonny (Al Pacino) and partner Sal (John Cazale) learn from the manager (Sully Boyar) that cop Moretti (Charles Durning) is on the phone, in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) --(Movie Clip) He Can't Make It
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Following credits establishing Brooklyn, NY, August 22, 1972, Sonny (Al Pacino), Sal (John Cazale) and hesitant Stevie (Gary Springer) begin their bank job, in Sidney Lumet's fact-based Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.
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Dog Day Afternoon (1975) -- (Movie Clip) That's Not A Country
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Ex-con Sonny (Al Pacino) calculating options with hostages (Penny Allen, Sully Boyar) in the Brooklyn bank, consults with his dim-witted fellow ex-con partner Sal (John Cazale), Charles Durning as the city cop Moretti, Sidney Lumet directing from Frank Piersons fact-based screenplay, in Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.

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