Marathon Man Poster

Marathon Man (1976)

R 10/08/1976 Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action 2h 5m
72%
User
Score
7.4/10
82%
64/100

One man's dangerous attempts to clear his father's name

Overview

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

John Schlesinger

Director

William Goldman

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Babe

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Szell

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Doc

William Devane

William Devane

Janeway

Marthe Keller

Marthe Keller

Elsa

Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Professor Biesenthal

Richard Bright

Richard Bright

Karl

Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

Erhard

Allen Joseph

Allen Joseph

Babe's Father

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Media

Marathon Man (1976) Original Trailer

Marathon Man (1976) Original Trailer

Marathon Man - Trailer

Marathon Man - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 2, 2022

As a man who quite literally loathes the very idea of a dentist, let alone actually going to visit one - this film adds an extra dimension of ghastliness to the already fairly hideous underlying premiss. That centres around "Babe" (Dustin Hoffman). He is an ordinary history student who is horrified when his older brother is brutally murdered. Why? Well, he sets out to investigate and before long is embroiled in a nazi-hunting plot to track down "Szell" (Sir Laurence Olivier) who is, himself, trying to stay one step ahead of some government agents whilst he tries to track down an huge cache of diamonds. It turns out that this evil creature thought the now deceased brother knew the location of the gems, and of course that puts "Babe" in quite considerable peril and so soon, he is next on the...

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