Flick Pick: ‘Marathon Man’

By BEN BURR

Director: John Schlesinger

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, Laurence Olivier

Synopsis: When his brother “Doc” (Scheider) drops dead at his doorstep, Thomas “Babe” Levy (Hoffman) gets caught up in a world of espionage, diamonds and masochistic, drill-wielding ex-Nazis. Anyone who has experienced dental work and can watch the cavity scene without cringing should win a dollar. Infamous line: “Is it safe? Is? It? Safe?!”