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Marathon Man 125 minutes, USA (1976), 18
(4.0)
Rating: 4.0 Stars
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Average user rating (4.5 / 17 votes)
Dustin Hoffman and John Schelsinger on the set of Marathan Man

The celebrated 70s thriller about a Nazi dentist prepared to inflict whatever amount of pain it takes to ensure his own personal safety. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier on absolutely top form

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Marathon Man: The commercial success of this thriller brought new meaning to the term 'word of mouth'. It's the movie about the New York postgrad student Babe (Dustin Hoffman) who can't tell the Nazi Szell (Laurence Olivier) what he wants because he doesn't know. The old dentist has skills honed in concentration camps, so he expects answers.

Hoffman and Olivier give fantastic performances...
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