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Marathon Man
Director: John Schlesinger (Dir)
Release Date:   1976
Premiere Information:   Los Angeles opening: 8 Oct 1976
Duration (in mins):   125
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Cast:   Dustin Hoffman (Babe)  
    Laurence Olivier (Szell)  
    Roy Scheider (Doc)  
    William Devane (Janeway)  
    Marthe Keller (Elsa)  
    Fritz Weaver (Professor Biesenthal)  
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Distribution Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.  
Director: John Schlesinger (Dir)
Producer: Robert Evans (Prod)
  Sidney Beckerman (Prod)
Writer: William Goldman (Scr)
Photography: Conrad Hall (Dir of photog)
Art Direction: Richard MacDonald (Prod des)
Film Editor: Jim Clark (Film ed)
Music: Michael Small (Mus comp and cond)
MPAA Rating: R
Country: United States
Language: English
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Source Text: Based on the novel Marathon Man by William Goldman (New York, 1974).
Authors: William Goldman
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Genre: Drama
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Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Hollywood Reporter   29 Sep 1976   p. 2.
Los Angeles Times   3 Oct 1976   p. 1.
New York Times   7 Oct 1976   p. 62.
Variety   29 Sep 1976   p. 30.
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