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Dog Day Afternoon ()

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Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
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Sylvia
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Mulvaney
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Sal
Beulah Garrick ...
Margaret
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Jenny
Sandra Kazan ...
Deborah
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Miriam
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Maria
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Howard
Estelle Omens ...
Edna
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Sonny
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Stevie
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Sheldon
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Moretti
Carmine Foresta ...
Carmine
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Murphy
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Phone Cop
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Limo Driver
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Father
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Neighbor
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Mother
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Angie
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Leon
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TV Anchorman
Ron Cummins ...
TV Reporter
Jay Gerber ...
Sam
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Doctor
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Maria's Boyfriend
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Pizza Boy
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Lout (uncredited)
James Bulleit ...
Sgt. Gillis (uncredited)
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New York Policeman (uncredited)
David Daniel ...
Street Crowd Member (uncredited)
Camille DeBiase ...
Street Crowd Member (uncredited)
Michael DeBiase ...
Street Crowd Member (uncredited)
Fabrizio DiGiacomo ...
Shawn Wojtowicz (uncredited)
Todd Everett ...
Cop (uncredited)
Richard Garrick ...
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
Paul E. Guskin ...
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Jennifer Lanzisero ...
Dawn Wojtowicz (uncredited)
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Protest Leader (uncredited)
Tony Lip ...
Cop at JFK (uncredited)
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Commissioner (uncredited)
John Meeks ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Sgt. Murray (uncredited)
Thomas Murphy ...
Policeman with Angie (uncredited)
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Crowd (uncredited)
Samantha Rodewald ...
Child in Stroller (uncredited)
Raymond Serra ...
New York Plainclothes Cop (uncredited)
Lynette Sheldon ...
Sadie (uncredited)
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Cop (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sidney Lumet

Written by

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Frank Pierson ... (screenplay)
 
P.F. Kluge ... (based upon a magazine article by) and
Thomas Moore ... (based upon a magazine article by)
 
Leslie Waller ... (book) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Martin Bregman ... producer
Martin Elfand ... producer
Robert Greenhut ... associate producer

Cinematography by

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Victor J. Kemper ... director of photography

Editing by

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Dede Allen

Editorial Department

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Angelo Corrao ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Michael Chinich
Don Phillips

Production Design by

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Charles Bailey

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Douglas Higgins ... (as Doug Higgins)

Set Decoration by

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Robert Drumheller

Costume Design by

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Anna Hill Johnstone

Makeup Department

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Philip Leto ... hairdresser
Reginald Tackley ... makeup artist
Max Henriquez ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Burtt Harris ... assistant director
Alan Hopkins ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Stanley Cappiello ... scenic artist
Joseph M. Caracciolo ... propmaster (as Joe Caracciolo)
Carlos Quiles ... chief carpenter
Joe Williams Sr. ... construction grip (as Joseph Williams)
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Richard P. Cirincione ... sound editor (as Richard Cirincione)
Jack Fitzstephens ... sound editor
Sanford Rackow ... sound editor
Stephen A. Rotter ... sound editor
James Sabat ... sound mixer
Dick Vorisek ... rerecording supervisor (as Richard Vorisek)
Hal Levinsohn ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Robert Rogow ... boom operator (uncredited)
Mel Zelniker ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Stunts

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A.J. Bakunas ... stunts (uncredited)
Tom O'Connor ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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James Finnerty ... key grip
Muky ... stills
Richard Quinlan ... gaffer
Fred Schuler ... camera operator
Jack Brown ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Ron Zarilla ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Clifford Capone ... wardrobe supervisor (as Cliff Capone)
Peggy Farrell ... wardrobe supervisor

Location Management

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Martin Danzig ... location manager

Script and Continuity Department

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B.J. Bjorkman ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Frank Aldrich ... voice (uncredited)
Clinton Allmon ... voice (uncredited)
Janet Coleman ... voice (uncredited)
Anthony Crupi ... voice (uncredited)
Cassandra Danz ... voice (uncredited)
Douglas Dean III ... production assistant (uncredited)
Dick Di Bona ... photographic consultant (uncredited)
David Dozer ... voice (uncredited)
Lee Dupree ... voice (uncredited)
Allan Eisenman ... voice (uncredited)
Robert Fields ... voice (uncredited)
Lois Kramer Hartwick ... production coordinator (uncredited)
Joe Seneca ... voice (uncredited)
Raymond Serra ... voice (uncredited)
Ben Slack ... voice (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Based upon a real-life incident which occurred in August 1972 in which a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, was held siege by Sonny, a Vietnam veteran turned bank robber determined to steal enough money ($2500) for his wife (Leon, a trans woman; the two, were, according to an onscreen TV news report, married in a church by a priest who was defrocked shortly after, although Leon says to the police that Sal is "married and has children") to undergo a sex change operation. (The real life character upon whom Leon is based did, in fact, get the operation.) On a hot summer afternoon, Sonny and two cohort, Stevie and Sal, go to rob the (fictional) First Savings Bank of Brooklyn. Stevie soon gets nervous and flees. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds there is not much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Captain Moretti of the NYPD, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety. Written by alfiehitchie (updated by R.M. Sieger)

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Taglines Nobody could dream him up. His incredible bank robbery is all the more bizarre...because it's true. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dog Day (World-wide, English title)
  • Un après-midi de chien (France)
  • Hundstage (Germany)
  • Tarda negra (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Tarde de perros (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 125 min
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Budget $1,800,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Although he had initially agreed to play the part of Sonny, Al Pacino told Sidney Lumet near the start of production that he couldn't play it. Pacino had just completed production on The Godfather Part II (1974) and was physically exhausted and depressed after the shoot. With his reliance on the Method, Pacino didn't relish the thought of working himself up to a state of near hysteria every day. Lumet unhappily accepted the actor's decision and dispatched the script to Dustin Hoffman. Pacino changed his mind when he heard that his rival was being considered. See more »
Goofs In 1972, NYC police squad cars were dark green and white, not blue and white which debuted about two years later. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Lumet: Film Maker (1975). See more »
Soundtracks Amoreena See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: What you are about to see is true - It happened in Brooklyn, New York on August 22, 1972. See more »
Quotes Sonny: Is there any special country you wanna go to?
Sal: Wyoming.
Sonny: Sal, Wyoming's not a country.
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