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Programme Information

Heist drama in which a man holds up a Brooklyn bank to raise money for his lover's sex-change operation and becomes the focus of the entire city's attention. Pacino gives a fine performance as the anxiety-ridden bank robber.

Keywords:

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Gay, Homosexual, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Oscar Best Actor Nominee

Additional Information:

(1975) (4 Star)

Cast:

Al Pacino	.... Sonny Wortzik
John Cazale	.... Salvatore
Charles Durning	.... Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
James Broderick	.... FBI Agent Sheldon
Beulah Garrick	.... Margaret
Chris Sarandon	.... Leon Shermer

Supporting Cast:

Sully Boyar	.... Mulvaney Bank Manager
Sandra Kazan	.... Deborah
Penelope Allen	.... Sylvia
Marcia Jean Kurtz	.... Miriam
Carol Kane	.... Jenny
Amy Levitt	.... Maria
Lance Henriksen	.... FBI Agent Murphy
John Marriott	.... Howard Security Guard
Estelle Omens	.... Edna

Directors:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

P.F. Kluge
Thomas Moore