
1975 · Movie · 2h 4m · R
Dog Day Afternoon
CriticsCritics: 90
AudienceAudience: 8.1
A planned bank robbery in Brooklyn quickly goes wrong, leaving two would-be robbers in a tense standoff with police and a group of hostages. As negotiations unfold and a crowd gathers outside, the incident becomes a media spectacle, while the motives behind the crime add further complications.
You’ll enjoy this if you like tense, character-focused crime stories with uneasy humor and a robbery that spirals into public spectacle; Not for you if you want nonstop action or brisk pacing.
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Cast
Al PacinoJohn CazaleCharles DurningChris SarandonJames BroderickPenelope AllenSully BoyarBeulah Garrick
Director
Sidney Lumet
If tonight is a Dog Day Afternoon night…
…these live in the same corner of my head.
Want one picked out for tonight?
Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.








