On a hot Brooklyn afternoon, two optimistic losers set out to rob a bank. Sonny (Al Pacino) is the mastermind, Sal (John Cazale) is the follower, and disaster is the result. Because the cops, crowds, TV cameras and even the pizza man have arrived. The "well planned" heist is now a circus.
Pacino and director Sidney Lumet, collaborators on 'Serpico', reteam for this boisterous comedy thriller that earned six Academy award Nominations (including Best Picture) and won an Oscar for Frank Pierson's streetwise screenplay based on true events.
