When a Brooklyn bank robbery goes wrong, small-time crook Sonny Wortzik finds himself holding hostages and negotiating with police, as a crowd and live TV cameras gather outside. Based on a real 1972 robbery, the film captures the chaos and media frenzy that followed. Al Pacino leads Sidney Lumet’s tense, character-driven thriller, one of the defining films of 1970s American cinema.

Showing as part of our Bank Robbery Weekend (Fri 28th – Mon 31st Aug) alongside Thief (1981), Rififi (1955), and Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Want to make a steal of your own? Book tickets to any two of these screenings for a 20% discount. Book tickets for three screenings and get a 25% discount. Want to see the lot? Purchase tickets for all four films and get a 30% discount on the total cost.

Reviews

‘Pacino simmers in this daring and brilliantly constructed treatise on the many facets of a crime.’
★★★★★
Adam Smith, Empire Magazine

‘It’s beautifully acted by performers who appear to have grown up on the city’s sidewalks in the heat and hopelessness of an endless midsummer.’
Vincent Canby, The New York Times