Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
"Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22nd, 1972, everything did."
Critics Score
🎬 91%
(RT: 96%, MC: 86) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
John Cazale as Sal
James Broderick as Sheldon
Penelope Allen as Sylvia
Sully Boyar as Mulvaney
Beulah Garrick as Margaret
Is Dog Day Afternoon good?
Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 91%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus. Wikipedia ↗
