Marathon Man

Year:

1976

Duration:

125 min

Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

John Schlesinger

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1976-10-08

Filming Locations: Champs Elysées, Paris 8, Paris, France

Earnings

Gross: $21,709,020 (USA)SEK 1,766,051 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Dustin Hoffman

Babe

Laurence Olivier

Szell

Roy Scheider

Doc

William Devane

Janeway

Marthe Keller

Elsa

Fritz Weaver

Professor Biesenthal

Richard Bright

Karl

Marc Lawrence

Erhard

Allen Joseph

Babe's Father

Tito Goya

Melendez

Ben Dova

Szell's Brother

Lou Gilbert

Rosenbaum

Jacques Marin

LeClerc

James Wing Woo

Chen

Nicole Deslauriers

Nicole

Lotte Palfi Andor

Old Lady on 47th Street (as Lotta Andor-Palfi)

Lionel Pina

Street Gang

Church

Street Gang

Tricoche

Street Gang

Jaime Tirelli

Street Gang

Wilfredo Hernández

Street Gang (as Wilfredo Hernandez)

Harry Goz

Jewelry Salesman

Michael Vale

Jewelry Salesman

Fred Stuthman

Jewelry Salesman

Lee Steele

Jewelry Salesman

William Martel

Bank Guard

Glenn Robards

Plainclothesman

Ric Carrott

Plainclothesman

Alma Beltran

Laundress

Daniel Núñez

Guard in Uruguay (as Daniel Nunez)

Tony Pena

Guard in Uruguay

Chuy Franco

Guard in Uruguay

Billy Kearns

Tourist Couple

Sally Wilson

Tourist Couple

Tom Ellis

T.V. Announcer

Bryant Fraser

Young Photographer

George Dega

Hotel Valet

Gene Bori

French Doctor

Annette Claudier

Nurse

Roger Etienne

Headwaiter

Raymond Serra

Truck Driver (as Ray Serra)

John Garson

Bystander

Charlott Thyssen

Bystander

Estelle Omens

Bystander

Madge Kennedy

Lady in Bank

Jeff Palladini

Young Babe

Scott Price

Young Doc

Abebe Bikila

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

S.C. Dacy

Innocent Bystander (uncredited)

Shawn McAllister

Mechanic (uncredited)

Irving Metzman

Accident Witness (uncredited)

Louis Tanno

(uncredited)

Treat Williams

Central Park Jogger (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

A story circulated for a long time that Dustin Hoffman (being a "method actor") stayed up all night to play a character who has stayed up all night. Arriving on the set, Laurence Olivier asked Hoffman why he looked the way he did. Hoffman told him, to which Olivier replied in jest, "Why not try acting? It's much easier." Hoffman repeatedly denied the story, and finally cleared up the matter in 2004. The torture scene was filmed early in the morning, Hoffman was going through a divorce from his first wife and was depressed, and had spent the previous two nights partying hard. Hoffman told Olivier this and his comment related to his lifestyle and not his "method" style of acting.

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During the scene where the heavies try to drown Dustin Hoffman in the bathtub, Hoffman (always the method actor) insisted upon being made to stay underwater as long as possible to make it real. Several takes were done and Hoffman insisted on being kept down longer in the water. By the end of the scene, he had to be given oxygen. In his own words, "I said, 'Don't press on my Adam's apple, but try to really hold me under. Let me see how long I can stay under. Let me see if I can fight you. Let me see what happens.'"

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Although first preview of the movie was successful, second one which was shown in San Fransisco didn't go well. Audience complained on all the violence in the movie so director John Schlesinger and editor Jim Clark deleted following scenes; Fight scene near beginning of the movie in which Doc fights with two assassins who killed his friend, graphic and gory close ups of Szell disemboweling Doc with his wrist blade, and both of the torture scenes were heavily cut. Graphic insert shots from torture scene which were filmed by Clark were removed. Some photos, such as original lobby cards and still shots show Szell torturing Babe longer with dental instruments in first torture scene and actual onscreen drilling of Babe's tooth in second torture scene.

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Goofs

During one shooting scene, government agent Janeway (William Devane) is firing his revolver with his left hand. However, throughout the rest of the movie, including other shooting scenes, he uses his right hand.

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Cameraman is reflected in the window of a passing car when Chen is standing at the pinball machine.

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When we see the boat on the river in Uruguay, the sky is blue even though it is pouring rain.

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Quotes

Doc: [to Babe] Do you ever clean this armpit of a place? How can you live like this?

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Janeway: My name's Peter Janeway. But you can call me Janey, all of my friends do.

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Christian Szell: [shouts] Erhardt!

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