Dog Day Afternoon

How far would you go to support the person you love? Would you rob a bank and hold eight employees hostage for 14 hours to pay for your partner’s gender reassignment surgery? This week we talk about the infamous bank robbery depicted in Sidney Lumet’s Oscar winning film Dog Day Afternoon (1975), starring Al Pacino.

Primary Sources:

The Dog (2013)

Life

BBC

Avenue

Inside Edition

All that’s Interesting

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