On one blistering afternoon in August, two optimistic losers attempt to rob a bank. But then the cops arrive, the crowds arrive, and the TV cameras arrive. As their heist turns into a circus, the robbers realize their chances for survival shrink.

• 2 hr 5 min
• Directed by

  Sidney Lumet
• Written by Frank R. Pierson

• Starring

  Al Pacino

  ,

  John Cazale

  ,

  Charles Durning

  ,

  Chris Sarandon

  ,

  James Broderick

  ,

  Carol Kane

  ,

  Beulah Garrick

  ,

  Sandra Kazan

  ,

  Marcia Jean Kurtz

  ,

  Sully Boyar

  ,

  Susan Peretz

  ,

  Judith Malina

  ,

  William Bogert

  ,

  Dominic Chianese

  ,

  Ron Cummins

  ,

  Jay Gerber

  ,

  Lance Henriksen

  ,

  Philip Charles Mac Kenzie

  ,

  Chu Chu Malave

  ,

  John Marriott

  ,

  Gary Springer

  ,

  Dick Anthony Williams