Top billed cast

1. 

   Al Pacino

   Sonny

2. 

   John Cazale

   Sal

3. 

   Charles Durning

   Moretti

4. 

   Chris Sarandon

   Leon

5. 

   James Broderick

   Sheldon

6. 

   Penelope Allen

   Sylvia

7. 

   Sully Boyar

   Mulvaney

8. 

   Beulah Garrick

   Margaret

9. 

   Carol Kane

   Jenny

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2024-04-14

**A good film, but not as memorable as some people say.**

Director Sidney Lumet created this film based on a true incident that is still the subject of study by police cadets today: a homosexual who decides to rob a bank to pay for his partner's sex change, but who takes the manager and the employees as hostages when things get complicated, and desperately tries not to be killed or arrested by the policemen, who surround the place and try to control a maddened crowd, who are not sympathetic to the authorities. The film was made and released in 1975, and it could not be more appropriate to t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,800,000.00

Revenue
$56,665,856.00

Keywords

• new york city
• airport
• police
• hostage
• bank
• fbi
• heist
• psychological thriller
• bank robbery
• brooklyn, new york city
• bank cashier
• car procession
• attica
• energetic
• unhappy marriage
• based on magazine, newspaper or article
• witty
• assertive
• awestruck
• matter of fact