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Critic Adam Smith
rated 10

...not only the granddaddy of all heist-gone-wrong films, but one of his finest performances in the decade he, De Niro and the crime movie made their own.

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

Although the movie contains tragedy and the potential for greater tragedy, it is also tremendously funny.

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Cast & Crew

Sidney Lumet
Director
Lance Henriksen
As Agent Murphy
Robert Costanzo
As New York Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Durning
As Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
Al Pacino
As Sonny Wortzik

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A tense and gripping drama unfolds on a hot summer day in Brooklyn when two inexperienced crooks attempt to rob a bank. Their plan quickly goes awry, and they find themselves trapped inside with hostages. As the situation escalates, the robbers' true motives are revealed, and a media frenzy ensues. With the police and TV cameras surrounding the bank, tensions rise as the desperate robbers try to escape.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Dog Day Afternoon include Chinatown, And Justice For All, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Mean Streets, The Parallax View, The First Great Train Robbery.

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Dog Day Afternoon was released in theaters on December 25, 1975.