Marathon Man
Dustin Hoffman is a graduate history student unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent in this thriller from John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy). Co-stars Laurence Olivier as the ex-Nazi.
- Director:
- John Schlesinger ('Midnight Cowboy', 'Darling', 'The Next Best Thing')
- Writer:
- William Goldman
- Cast:
- Dustin HoffmanLaurence OlivierRoy ScheiderWilliam DevaneMarthe KellerFritz WeaverMarc Lawrence
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressHoffman, you see, is stuck in the role of a bewildered man-in-the-middle about whom bodies fall like flies; eventually he gets into the swing of things and kills a few on his own.
Time Out
pressQuite effective in its basic set pieces, even if the overall thrust seems a trifle ponderous.
Roger Ebert
pressThere are all sorts of unanswered questions when the film's over, but I'm not inclined to hold that against it. I enjoy thrillers for the people and predicaments in them, not for their clockwork plots.
Variety
pressHoffman, you see, is stuck in the role of a bewildered man-in-the-middle about whom bodies fall like flies; eventually he gets into the swing of things and kills a few on his own.
Time Out
pressQuite effective in its basic set pieces, even if the overall thrust seems a trifle ponderous.
Roger Ebert
pressThere are all sorts of unanswered questions when the film's over, but I'm not inclined to hold that against it. I enjoy thrillers for the people and predicaments in them, not for their clockwork plots.
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