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- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 5 m
- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 5 m
Summary A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.
Directed By: John Schlesinger
Written By: William Goldman
- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 5 m
- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 5 m
Marathon Man
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7.0
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Summary A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.
Directed By: John Schlesinger
Written By: William Goldman
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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14% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
64
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Marathon Man is an intelligent and largely satisfying thriller, written by William Goldman from his own novel, directed by John Schlesigner and photographed by Conrad Hall. But the most satisfying element is the work of Olivier, one of the few who turn acting into one of the great humane progressions of Western civilization. [11 Oct 1976]
A truly harrowing film, Marathon Man is a clever series of accidents that produce a nightmare thriller with an unrelenting attack on the viewer's nerves.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.0
61% Positive
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The only movie to truly deliver the visceral power of a dental drill, John Schlesinger’s taut, well written if far-fetched and baffling thriller, is the film that gives you a tooth ache in a good way.
If holes in plots bother you, Marathon Man will be maddening. But as well-crafted escapist entertainment, as a diabolical thriller, the movie works with relentless skill.
Adapted by William Goldman from his own novel, this thriller is quite effective in its basic set pieces, even if the overall thrust seems a trifle ponderous.
Film spends literally half of its length getting some basic plot pieces [from the novel by William Goldman] fitted and moving.
The director, John Schlesinger, opts for so much frazzled corss-cutting that there isn't the clarity needed for suspense. The only emotion one is likely to fell is revulsion at the brutality and general unpleasantness.
