To get money for his gay lover's sex-change operation, Sonny (Al Pacino) -- who's married with kids -- teams up with Sal (John Cazale) to rob a New York bank on a scorching-hot summer day. The stickup goes awry when the press gets wind of the circus sideshow-esque story. Chris Sarandon, Charles Durning and James Broderick co-star in this classic Sidney Lumet-directed film based on an actual event from the 1970s.



Rated R 2 hours 4 minutes 1975

3.75 stars (Dale-3.5, David-4) If they had splurged on an editor, they could have trimmed 20 mins off this movie without any detrimental effect. It dragged at times. Good acting by all involved, however.