Dog Day Afternoon movie

A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.

Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Frank Pierson. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon and Charles Durning. Based on the events of a bank robbery in 1972, Dog Day Afternoon tells the story of Sonny Wortzik, who, with his partner Salvatore Naturile, holds hostage the employees of a Brooklyn, New York CityCharm City North for Baltimore Style by Mark J. Miller, September/October 2005.

Retrieved April 24 2006.Trivia from Dog Day Afternoon for IMDb. Retrieved April 24 2006. bank.This film was inspired by P.F. Kluges article "The Boys in the Bank", which tells a similar story of the robbery of a Brooklyn bank by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile; this article was first published in Life in 1972."The Boys in the Bank" by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore for Life, September 22 1972, Vol. 73(12).

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Dog Day Afternoon Cast

• Al Pacino
• Amy Levitt
• Beulah Garrick
• Carmine Foresta
• Carol Kane
• Charles Durning
• Estelle Omens
• Gary Springer
• James Broderick
• John Cazale
• John Marriott
• Marcia Jean Kurtz
• Sandra Kazan
• Sully Boyar