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  1. Jan 22, 2023 · Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, 1976) Sky Cinema Greats, 10.20pm This thriller has been somewhat eclipsed by the notorious anecdote spawned by its shoot, during which Laurence Olivier allegedly said to Dustin Hoffman, re his Method-inspired exertions: “Why don’t you just try acting?”

  2. Marathon Man is a 1976 American thriller film directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title and stars Dustin Hoffman , Laurence Olivier , Roy Scheider , William Devane and Marthe Keller .

  3. “Marathon Man” is almost all people and predicaments — or, more exactly, one person and his unending series of predicaments. We meet him during his ritual morning long-distance run: A graduate student named Babe (Dustin Hoffman) who has all sorts of frustrations bottled up inside.

  4. Mar 16, 2024 · 3 min read. ·. 3 hours ago. “Marathon Man,” directed by the adept John Schlesinger and released in the mid-1970s, captures a moment in cinematic history where the thriller genre began to...

  5. Marathon Man runs the gamut from patient mystery to pulse-pounding thriller, aided by Laurence Oliver's coldly terrifying performance and a brainy script by William Goldman. Read Critics Reviews

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  6. Apr 10, 2024 · “Marathon Man” begins with a grotesque argument between two drivers, culminating in a car scuffle and the death of both due to an accident. It quickly turns out that one of them is the brother of a former Nazi, Christian Szell (Sir Laurence Olivier).

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  8. Marathon Man: Directed by John Schlesinger. With Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane. After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.