Marathon Man

Marathon Man Movie Poster Country United States Directed by John Schlesinger Release Date 1976 Language English Deutsch French Spanish Studio Paramount Pictures Distributor Paramount Pictures Main Cast Character Actor Thomas 'Babe' Levy Dustin Hoffman Dr. Christian Szell Laurence Olivier Henry 'Doc' Levy Roy Scheider Peter Janeway William Devane Elsa Opel Marthe Keller Professor Biesenthal Fritz Weaver Karl Richard Bright Erhard Marc Lawrence Jogger in Central Park Treat Williams (uncredited) LeClerc Jacques Marin

Marathon Man is a 1976 American suspense-thriller. Directed by John Schlesinger (Eye for an Eye, Yanks) and adapted by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,The Hot Rock, Misery) from his novel of the same name. The movie starred Dustin Hoffman,Roy Scheider, William Devane and Laurence Olivier and was a box office hit. The movie is famous for a torture/interrogation sequence involving dentistry work without anesthetic. Laurence Olivier earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor as the villainous Dr. Szell. The movie is also notable for being one of the first productions to use the newly invented Steadicam (Rocky and Bound For Glory being the other two films to use the new camera)and was the first film released of the trio. It is also well known for the famous quote "Is it safe?"

The following weapons were used in the film Marathon Man:

Colt Commander

Thomas Levy (Dustin Hoffman) owns a Colt Commander, inherited from his father. Several shots showing the smallish muzzle, reveals that Colt Commander in the film is .38 Super or 9mm caliber version rather than .45 ACP.

Colt Combat Commander - .45 ACP.

Thomas Levy’s Colt Commander

Thomas Levy (Dustin Hoffman) holds the Commander and uses Elsa (Marthe Keller) as a shield.

Levy holds his Commander on Szell

Colt Detective Special

Janeway (William Devane) carries a Colt Detective Special.

Colt Detective Special - .38 special

Janeway (William Devane) holds the Colt.

Janeway (William Devane) with his Colt.

Walther P38

Erhard (Marc Lawrence), one of Janeway's men, uses a Walther P38.

Walther P38

Erhard (Marc Lawrence) draws his Walther P38.

Heckler & Koch G3

The guard in South America carries an early H&K G3 with wooden forearm and buttstock.

Early H&K G3

The guard in South America with the H&K G3.

Revolvers

The bank guard carries an unidentified revolver.

Bank guard with revolver

All the gang members breaking into Levy’s apartment seem to have 22. LR revolvers (unknown).

Gang members with revolvers