United States, 1975 / 119 Mins
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Sully Boyar, James Broderick, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, Beulah Garrick, Carol Kane, Lance Henriksen, Dick Anthony Williams, Dominic Chianese.
Academy Award winner Al Pacino robs a bank to pay for a sex-change operation for his lover, Leon (Chris Sarandon). Based on a true story. On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.