Director Sidney Lumet's seminal American crime film. In telling the compelling true story of two hapless men whose attempted bank robbery goes awry, Lumet and screenwriter Frank Pierson craft a darkly comedic and strangely touching tale. Al Pacino, in perhaps one of the greatest performances of his career, portrays Sonny, a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who hopes to steal enough money so that his spouse can undergo gender-reassignment surgery.