Marathon Man

Marathon Man is a 1976 suspense/thriller film directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his novel of the same name and stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller. The music score was composed by Michael Small. Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy (Dustin Hoffman) is a history Ph.D. candidate and avid runner researching the same field as his father, who committed suicide after being in... More
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  • Oct 6, 1976

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R (USA)

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  • 2 h 5 min

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  • Marathon Man

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Directed by

John Schlesinger

John Richard Schlesinger, CBE (16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director and actor. Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta (née Regensburg) and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician. After St Edmund's School,...

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  • A Thriller

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  • 1976
  • Aug 28, 2001
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  • 2 h 5 min
  • 2 h 6 min
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Marathon Man

Marathon Man is a 1974 conspiracy thriller novel by William Goldman. It was Goldman's most successful thriller novel, and his second suspense novel. In 1976 it was made into a film of the same name starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, and Roy Scheider and directed by John Schlesinger. The...

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Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1977
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • Role: Christian Szell
  • 1977
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film Winners

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Year Award Award Nominee Nominated work Notes/Description
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1977
  • 1977
  • role: Christian Szell
  • 1977
  • 1977
  • 1976
  • 1977
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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 50
  • 2001
  • 1,044
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills of 2001

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