Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken) are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who get drafted to fight in Vietnam. There, they are captured by Vietnamese soldiers who force the men to play Russian roulette over and over, shattering their minds. Michael devises an escape plan that saves all three men, but the after-effects of the war prevent any of them from having normal lives. Directed by Michael Cimino. With Meryl Streep, George Dzundza and John Cazale. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 1978.
John Cazale in The Deer Hunter
Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) thinks he has a simple plan. All he has to do is rob a bank and he'll be able to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. What he gets is a complicated, day-long standoff in a New York City bank, where nothing goes as planned. Directed by Sidney Lumet. With John Cazale, James Broderick and Charles Durning. Categories: Politics, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1975.
John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon
As Michael Coreleone (Al Pacino) sets out to enlarge his family's power through violent takeovers in Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba, his father Vito's (Robert De Niro) early days in Sicily and rise to power in New York are chronicled through flashbacks to important moments in his life. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and John Cazale. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 1974.
John Cazale in The Godfather: Part II