Marathon Man (1976) On DVD

Actor:           Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Marthe Keller, William Devane, Roy Scheider
Director:      John Schlesinger
Genre:          Action/Adventure
Year:            1976
Studio:         Warner Bros.
Length :        126
Released:    August 28, 2001
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            Color
Language:  English, French
Subtitles:     N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) is an American secret agent who has been running interference between the US government and escaped Nazi war criminal Szell (Laurence Olivier). Believing that Doc has stolen a valuable cache of gems Szell emerges from his South American hiding place and heads for New York. He has Doc killed then kidnaps Doc's in-the-dark brother Babe (Dustin Hoffman). Repeating the phrase Is it safe? over and over Szell a onetime concentration camp dentist tries to extract information from Babe by performing sadistic oral surgery upon him. Babe who still doesn't know about the gems escapes breaking his own self-imposed rule of nonviolence to defend himself against his pursuers. The fox becomes the hound when Babe overpowers Szell and forces the old man to swallow his valuable diamonds. Marathon Man traces Babe Levy's progression from pacifistic naif to cynical street-smart scrapper.