Marathon Man (1976)
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Cast
as Babe Levy
as Szell
as Doc Levy
as Janeway
as Elsa
as Prof. Biesenthal
as Karl
as Erhard
as Babe's Father
as Melendez
as Szell's Brother
as Rosenbaum
as LeClerc
as Chen
as Nicole
as Old Lady on 47th Street
as Street Gang
as Street Gang
as Street Gang
as Street Gang
as Street Gang
as Jewelry Salesman
as Jewelry Salesman
as Jewelry Salesman
as Jewelry Salesman
as Bank Guard
as Plainclothesman
as Plainclothesman
as Laundress
as Tourist
as Tourist
as TV Announcer
as Young Photographer
as Hotel Valet
as French Doctor
as Nurse
as Headwaiter
as Truck Driver
as Lady in Bank
as Young Babe
as Young Doc
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Critic Reviews for Marathon Man
All Critics (36) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (7) | DVD (8)
If holes in plots bother you, Marathon Man will be maddening. But as well-crafted escapist entertainment, as a diabolical thriller, the movie works with relentless skill.
Filmmaker John Schlesinger delivers a slow-moving first half that admittedly requires a fair degree of patience from the viewer...
Schlesinger's stylish political thriller features Olivier as an old, nasty Nazi, in a splashy role that earned him Oscar nomination.
Film's notorious torture scene means adults only.
If this doesn't turn you against going to the dentist, nothing will. Terrifying, pulsating film w/Hoffman.
Needlessly complicated glossy thriller.
Audience Reviews for Marathon Man
This William Goldman tale about an ex-Nazi resurfacing to claim his hidden cache of war booty is often needlessly convoluted but ultimately satisfying due to the dearth of screen talent involved. Interestingly the famous torture scene comes off as -meh- in the days of post-splatterhouse gore. It was interesting, too, to see again the world just prior to the internet explosion.
Super Reviewer
What begins as a taut, intriguing thriller soon becomes too complicated and desperate to defy our suspension of disbelief (as with a ridiculous shootout at a country house), and it is only worth it for Olivier's wicked villain and a fantastic scene in the New York diamond district.
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Marathon Man Quotes
| Szell: | Is it safe? To go in the water? |
| Babe Levy: | Is it Szell's? |
| Old Lady on 47th Street: | Szell, it's Szell! Stop him, it's Szell! He'd here. Don't let him get away! |
| Szell: | Is it safe? |