Dog Day Afternoon
Turkish title: Köpeklerin Günü
“Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22nd, 1972, everything did.”
1975 · 2 h 5 min
Directed by 
Sidney Lumet
Sidney LumetCast
Al Pacino 
John Cazale Charles Durning
Credits
Written by: Frank Pierson
Plot
A bank robbery in Brooklyn goes wrong and turns into a media siege.
Sinekatalog’s take
A bank robbery by an amateur gang turns into a media circus. Al Pacino is sweaty and brilliant, and Lumet's film mixes comedy, tension and unexpected humanity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (295,323 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset; Rotten Tomatoes snapshot from October 2026. Scores change over time.
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