Dog Day Afternoon
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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
Theatrical release poster
The Chase branch in 1975
Pacino and Allen, re-entering the bank in a scene
John Wojtowicz
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John Stanley Joseph Wojtowicz was an American bank robber whose story inspired the film Dog Day Afternoon.
Dog Day Afternoon
…the Life magazine article "The Boys in the Bank" by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. The feature chronicles the 1972 robbery and hostage situation led by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile at a Chase Manhattan branch in Brooklyn. Elfand brought the article to Bregman's attention, who proceeded to negotiate a deal…
Wojtowicz during the 1972 bank robbery