The Boys in the Bank / Life magazine article
On this page you'll find scans for "The Boys in the Bank" by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore from Life magazine. It is a feature on the now-infamous robbery and hostage situation that took place on August 1972 at a Chase Manhattan bank in Brooklyn, perpetrated by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. The article was the basis for Frank Pierson's screenplay of the film Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
About the feature
Title: The Boys in the Bank
Authors: P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore
Originally published: September 22, 1972
Source: Life magazine, vol. 73, no. 12
Copyright: Time, Inc.
Notes
this article was the inspiration behind the film dog day afternoon, written by frank pierson and directed by sidney lumet. i've written a lengthy post detailing some differences between the novelization of the screenplay, the film itself, and the real-life heist it was all based on, which you can read here.
