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Penelope Allen

USA

Penelope Allen, also known as Penny Allen, is an American stage and film actress and acting coach. She is best known as the head bank teller being held hostage in the film Dog Day Afternoon. She also played Annie, the wife of Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi in the film Scarecrow.

Filmography

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13 titles
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

Rodrigo García 2000 1h 49m 6.5

Five California women struggle with personal problems as their own paths unwind in unexpected ways.

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick 1998 2h 51m 8.1

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal.

Hurlyburly

Hurlyburly

Anthony Drazan 1998 2h 2m 3.5

Based on a play by David Rabe, Hurlyburlyis about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes, whose dysfunctional personal lives are more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios.

Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

Al Pacino 1996 1h 52m 9.0

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

The Crossing Guard

The Crossing Guard

Sean Penn 1995 1h 51m 6.8

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

Abel Ferrara 1992 1h 36m 7.4

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

The Bedroom Window

The Bedroom Window

Curtis Hanson 1987 1h 54m 5.0

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.

Resurrection

Resurrection

Daniel Petrie 1980 1h 43m 9.0

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.

Sybil

Sybil

1976

The true story of a young woman named Sybil, whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

Sidney Lumet 1975 2h 5m 8.2

Dog Day Afternoon is a film based on true events and directed by Sidney Lumet. The film stars Al Pacino as a robber who held a bank hostage in Brooklyn, New York.

Scarecrow

Scarecrow

Jerry Schatzberg 1973 1h 52m 8.0

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

'Doc'

'Doc'

Frank Perry 1971 1h 36m

A revisionist western, "Doc" is Frank Perry's attempt to accurately portray the lives and persons of Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and the now-legendary events that took place in the town of Tombstone, starring Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway and Harris Yulin.

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

Richard Attenborough 1969 2h 24m

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

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