Dog Day Afternoon

1975 American crime drama film by Sidney Lumet

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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick and Charles Durning. The screenplay is written by Frank Pierson and is based on the Life magazine article "The Boys in the Bank" by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore.

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🇺🇸 Tony Awards Eligibility: Ebon Moss-Bachrach Secures Featured Actor Placement for ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ (2026-04-09)
Eligibility rulings for three Broadway productions are now set as the Tony Awards race gets underway. The administration committee clarified key categ...
🇺🇸 ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Theater Review: Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Lead a Disastrous Adaptation of a Cinema Classic (2026-03-31)
Jon Ortiz and Jessica Hecht also star in director Rupert Goold’s misguided Broadway production based on the 1975 Sidney Lumet film....
🇺🇸 ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Playwright Briefly Kept Out of Broadway Rehearsals (2026-03-25)
A week before opening night, tensions spilled over offstage, with the show’s producing team temporarily prohibiting Stephen Adly Guirgis from entering...
🇺🇸 Broadway Box Office: ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Brings In $1 Million In First Week (2026-03-17)
The play, starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, is one of several starry shows gearing up for Tonys season....
🇺🇸 A Downtown Vibe Comes to Broadway This Spring (2026-02-18)
Without the usual flood of new musicals, the playwrights of works like “Becky Shaw,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Giant” are getting a chance to shine....

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