Dog Day Afternoon
September 21, 1975
125 minutes
7.8
CrimeDramaThriller

Dog Day Afternoon

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.

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Cast
Al Pacino
(Sonny)
John Cazale
(Sal)
Charles Durning
(Moretti)
Chris Sarandon
(Leon)
James Broderick
(Sheldon)
Penelope Allen
(Sylvia)
Sully Boyar
(Mulvaney)
Beulah Garrick
(Margaret)
Carol Kane
(Jenny)
Sandra Kazan
(Deborah)
Marcia Jean Kurtz
(Miriam)
Amy Levitt
(Maria)
John Marriott
(Howard)
Estelle Omens
(Edna)
Gary Springer
(Stevie)
Carmine Foresta
(Carmine)
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)
Lionel Pina
(Pizza Boy)
Robert Costanzo
(New York Policeman (uncredited))
Ron Gilbert
(Detective (uncredited))
Kenneth McMillan
(Commissioner (uncredited))
Ed Metzger
(Sgt. Murray (uncredited))
Lynette Sheldon
(Sadie (uncredited))
Alan Berger
(Lout (uncredited))
James Bulleit
(Sgt. Gillis (uncredited))
Todd Everett
(Cop (uncredited))
Raymond Serra
(New York Plainclothes Cop (uncredited))
Tom Towles
(Cop (uncredited))