Dog Day Afternoon

Brooklyn bank, summer afternoon, sirens outside. Two men, a botched heist, hostages and cameras. Lumet frames the chaos with a keen eye for social unrest.

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Sidney Lumet directed Dog Day Afternoon in 1975. See Sidney Lumet's full filmography, where to start with Sidney Lumet, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sidney Lumet.

Dog Day Afternoon was released in 1975 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.