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Dec 19, 2022 · Thomas "Babe" Levy (Dustin Hoffman) is a Columbia graduate student and long-distance runner who is oblivious to the fact that his older brother, Doc (Roy Scheider), is a government agent chasing...
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- Joe's Movie Talk
The 1976 political thriller, Marathon Man, has been one of my favourites ever since I first saw it on TV as a youth. It features great performances from two ...
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- Ed's Media Memorabilia
A 2001 documentary looking back on the production of John Schlesinger's 1976 thriller, Marathon Man. Includes clips from the film, behind-the-scenes photos, and interviews with producer...
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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 .
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.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- John Schlesinger
- 1976-10-08
Scheider's character comes back to New York after having been gone for a while tending to his duties as a member of said organization. This event acts as a catalyst which kick-starts the main story. I don't want to say any more, since the less you know going into this film, the better. I was surprised with just how intense this movie is.
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Doc suspects that the criminal, Dr. Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier) will be arriving to retrieve an extremely valuable diamond collection. Szell later sends a burly assassin named Chen (James Wing Woo) to kill Doc in his Paris hotel room, but Doc fights the hit man and breaks his back.
