Year: 1975
Running time: 120 min.
Country: United States
Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenwriter: Frank Pierson. Article: P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore. Book: Leslie Waller
Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Sully Boyar, Penelope Allen, Beulah Garrick, James Broderick, Lance Henriksen, Sandra Kazan, Marcia Jean Kurtz
Producer: Warner Bros., Artists Entertainment Complex
Synopsis: Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonnyo nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety.
