Marathon Man (film)

Marathon Man
Marathon Man
	Movie poster by Bill Gold
Directed by	John Schlesinger
Screenplay by	William Goldman
Based on	Marathon Man; by William Goldman
Produced by	Robert Evans; Sidney Beckerman;
Starring	Dustin Hoffman; Laurence Olivier; Roy Scheider; William Devane; Marthe Keller;
Cinematography	Conrad Hall
Edited by	Jim Clark
Music by	Michael Small
Production; company	Robert Evans-Sidney Beckerman Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 8, 1976;
Running time	125 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6.5 million
Box office	$28.2 million

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. In the film, "Babe" Levy, a graduate student, becomes embroiled in a plot by Nazi war criminal Christian Szell to retrieve ill-gotten diamonds from a safe deposit box owned by Szell's dead brother. Babe becomes unwittingly involved due to his brother Doc's dealings with Szell.

The film was a critical and box-office success. Olivier received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Szell, the film's antagonist.

^ "Marathon Man". FSM Online Liner Notes.Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Film Score Monthly. Retrieved April 4, 2013
^ "Marathon Man, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

[1] "Marathon Man". FSM Online Liner Notes.Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Film Score Monthly. Retrieved April 4, 2013

[The_Numbers-2] "Marathon Man, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

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