Continuity mistake: In the exterior shot of Sal entering the bank, there is a car parked by the door. In the interior shot, the car is not visible behind Sal. This mistake is reversed half a minute later when Sonny enters the bank. There is no car in the exterior shot, but it can be seen in the interior one. (00:04:00)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Plot summary
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Al Pacino, Carol Kane, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Beulah Garrick, Sully Boyar
Sonny and Sal try to rob a bank, because Sonny needs money for his gay lover who wants a sex change operation.
Unfortunately, the police is alarmed, and it turns into a hostage.
Sonny and Sal try to escape with a jet to foreign countries, but their plan doesn't succeed
More mistakes in Dog Day Afternoon
Sonny: You'd like to kill me? Bet you would.
Sheldon: I wouldn't like to kill you. I will if I have to.
Sonny: It's your job, right? The guy who kills me... I hope he does it because he hates my guts, not because it's his job.
More trivia for Dog Day Afternoon
Question: What would've happened if Sonny drove the limo himself, refused to tell the police where they were going, and told the police not to follow them? Also, if Sal had hostages sitting behind him as well, making it impossible for the police to get a clean shot? How could the police have stopped them, without getting any hostages killed?
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