Dog Day Afternoon

Released Year: 1975

Certificate: U

Runtime: 125 minutes

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 86

Director: Sidney Lumet

Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar

No of Votes: 235652

Gross: 50000000

Overview: 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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