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Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) is an American secret agent who has been running interference between the U.S. government and escaped Nazi war criminal Szell (Laurence Olivier). Believing that Doc has stolen a valuable cache of gems, Szell emerges from his South American hiding place and heads for New York. He has Doc killed, then .. Read more

Starring	Marc Lawrence, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider
Director	John Schlesinger
Genres	Thriller

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- Complex mystery thriller which seems to have things to mutter about freedom and McCarthyism and Nazism, but finally settles down to being a simple shocker with a nick-of-time climax. The presentation is dazzling.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  A 'Safe' choice...
  
  A gritty conspiracy flick featuring a young Hoffman as a student haunted by the suicide of his father and murder of his brother.
  
  He quickly finds ... read more »
  
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  - x7rmd
  - Surrey
  - 31 Mar 2005 at 09:57
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  A classic movie
  
  Marathon Man contains an all time classic scene when Hoffman finds himself being interrogated by Laurence Olivier playing twisted Nazi dentist Dr. Christian ... read more »
  
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- - sailbatten
  - 58 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Feb 2012 at 07:53
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  Good even though it's old
  
  A bit silly at times but a good suspense keeps you want to know what will happen next. One scene is particularly intense and disturbing even though they suggest... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Chantal
  - 1037 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jan 2012 at 20:18
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  1976 THE GOLDEN ERA
  
  WELL WORTH WATCHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, A SUPERB THRILLER IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD AND A MUST FOR LOVERS OF TRUE CINEMA
  
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- - Burnhamite
  - 272 reviews
  - BURNHAM
  - 26 Oct 2011 at 09:28
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  Too safe
  
  Overall I wasn’t really impressed with this movie.
  
  The narrative could have grabbed some real headlines because anything to do with Nazi war ... read more »
  
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- - MickeyOnePunchONeil
  - 23 reviews
  - Belfast
  - 12 Jul 2011 at 19:44
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  Is it safe?
  
  Based on a book by William Goldman, the story centres on Thomas ‘Babe’ Levy (played by Dustin Hoffman), a marathon runner and History PhD student from... read more »
  
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- - Donna181
  - 38 reviews
  - Derbyshire
  - 01 Jul 2011 at 13:04
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  "Is it safe?"
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Marathon Man is a fast-paced psychological thriller. Thomas 'Babe' Levy (Dustin Hoffman) is a university student training for a marathon in New York. ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 21:41
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  Brush, rinse and spit.
  
  Impressive thriller that babbles on about Nazis, diamonds and some other stuff! Not the greatest plot but quality performances all round and some ace location ... read more »
  
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- - jesuskenevil
  - 212 reviews
  - Bruton
  - 09 May 2011 at 08:09
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  Is it Safe?
  
  Complex plot featuring diamonds, secret government agencies, Nazi war criminals & a student runner.
  
  OK thriller with the main three actors ... read more »
  
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- - Bassman71
  - 459 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 04 Feb 2011 at 10:26
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  Keep on running!
  
  Genius film!
  
  Hoffman is on fine form as marathon running student Thomas 'Babe' Levy as is Roy Scheider (albeit briefly) as his secret agent ... read more »
  
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- - PJshadow
  - 195 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 22 Oct 2010 at 17:42
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  Good but odd conspricy.
  
  I have to admit I saw this with a weight of expectation for it. It certainly over rated its just, I guess, I expected more. I knew it was a conspricy movie, I ... read more »
  
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- - brokenking
  - 221 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 07 Sep 2010 at 13:18
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- - 17
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  A 'Safe' choice...
  
  A gritty conspiracy flick featuring a young Hoffman as a student haunted by the suicide of his father and murder of his brother.
  
  He quickly finds ... read more »
  
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  - x7rmd
  - Surrey
  - 31 Mar 2005 at 09:57
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  Cracking thriller
  
  'Marathon Man' is a typical example of everything that was good about 70's American cinema. What could have been a fairly routine thriller is ... read more »
  
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- - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 29 May 2004 at 19:59
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  Brilliant performance ...
  
  Brilliant performance again from Dustin Hoffman, and a great supporting cast. Recommend strongly.
  
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- - Menna#1
  - LINCOLN
  - 02 May 2004 at 22:16
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  Not particularly thrilling
  
  Marathon Man is a thriller set in New York about how a young history post-graduate Tom Levy (Dustin Hoffman) becomes involved in a international spy plot ... read more »
  
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- - Welshwaspy
  - 126 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Mar 2005 at 10:56
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  CLASSIC
  
  This is a classic film - essential Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier - and (to reiter the point) has the superb 'Is it Safe?' line (scene). 5 stars: A... read more »
  
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- - James
  - Amersham / Peckham
  - 03 Aug 2005 at 14:17
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  Brilliant Classic, miss at your peril
  
  Understated brilliance. Don't read any spoilers, just sit down, put your feet up, enjoy the ride. Great thriller.
  
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- - Oli
  - London.
  - 15 Nov 2006 at 10:19
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  Too safe
  
  Overall I wasn’t really impressed with this movie.
  
  The narrative could have grabbed some real headlines because anything to do with Nazi war ... read more »
  
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- - MickeyOnePunchONeil
  - 23 reviews
  - Belfast
  - 12 Jul 2011 at 19:44
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  Not bad - book is better
  
  Fairly good screen version of the book (which is much better). Spoiled in part by omissions which were due to the squeamish nature of the test audiences in the ... read more »
  
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- - Ian Guest
  - London
  - 28 Apr 2004 at 17:23
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  Not the run of the mill!
  
  I saw this years ago and thought I would give it another viewing. A good film you can watch time and time again but I found this a bit more plodding (sorry ... read more »
  
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- - Ian
  - Portsmouth
  - 27 Nov 2004 at 06:40
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  Marathon Man
  
  This is just one of the best films I have ever seen! Dustin is just great!
  
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- - a customer
  - Andover
  - 31 Mar 2005 at 21:57

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  Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) is an American secret agent who has been running interference between the U.S. government and escaped Nazi war criminal Szell (Laurence Olivier). Believing that Doc has stolen a valuable cache of gems, Szell emerges from his South American hiding place and heads for New York....