This 1975 film, directed by Sidney Lumet, is based on a true story – a bank robbery whose “masterminds” were so unusual, with such unusual motives, that it gives the entire movie an excitingly unpredictable feel. So does the on-location footage in Brooklyn, where, when bank robber Al Pacino incites the curious crowd of onlookers by ad libbing the repeated scream of “Attica!,” the city itself becomes a major character. Co-stars include John Cazale, and Charles Durning, who, like Pacino, are magnificently credible here.