![Douglas Graham Purdy on Twitter: "The real John Stanley Wojtowicz, and Pacino who played him. One of Lumet's finest films. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) #pacino #dogdayafternoon #cinema #1970s #truecrime #brooklyn #lumet https://t.co/8oDwITYHHF" / Douglas Graham Purdy on Twitter: "The real John Stanley Wojtowicz, and Pacino who played him. One of Lumet's finest films. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) #pacino #dogdayafternoon #cinema #1970s #truecrime #brooklyn #lumet https://t.co/8oDwITYHHF" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EndGgNkXUAADJif.jpg)
Douglas Graham Purdy on Twitter: "The real John Stanley Wojtowicz, and Pacino who played him. One of Lumet's finest films. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) #pacino #dogdayafternoon #cinema #1970s #truecrime #brooklyn #lumet https://t.co/8oDwITYHHF" /
Brooklyn New York Baby Boomers and Everyone Who Loves Brooklyn - 3.9.1945 - John Stanley Joseph Wojtowicz , bank robber, was born in Brooklyn, and graduated from Erasmus Hall H.S. in 1963
![TIL John Stanley Wojtowicz, in 1972, robbed a bank to pay for his wife's sex change surgery. His actions inspired the movie "Dog Day Afternoon". : r/todayilearned TIL John Stanley Wojtowicz, in 1972, robbed a bank to pay for his wife's sex change surgery. His actions inspired the movie "Dog Day Afternoon". : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/FnYoj1UeH8osvLGZfxO4BYOPsdnhO3Hmw9g6J1FN_qc.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a909a665002d99007e2d1f755639d4a731af4ceb)
TIL John Stanley Wojtowicz, in 1972, robbed a bank to pay for his wife's sex change surgery. His actions inspired the movie "Dog Day Afternoon". : r/todayilearned
![PizzaBomber & Beyond on Twitter: "Today in 1972, John Stanley Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Chase Manhattan bank. #DogDayAfternoon #HistoryofHeists https://t.co/efV7dMEsr4" / Twitter PizzaBomber & Beyond on Twitter: "Today in 1972, John Stanley Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Chase Manhattan bank. #DogDayAfternoon #HistoryofHeists https://t.co/efV7dMEsr4" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqeawvXVYAE8rF1.jpg)