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Released
1976 · FILM

Marathon Man

A brilliant graduate student and marathon runner must outwit a sadistic former Nazi who kidnaps his brother to force him into a deadly game of clues, all while racing against time to stop the retrieval of stolen diamonds.

“One man's dangerous attempts to clear his father's name”

Directed by
John Schlesinger, Everett Creach
Written by
William Goldman, William Goldman Nm0001279
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
125 min
CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

A graduate student and dedicated runner in New York becomes entangled in a mysterious plot involving his brother, who is a member of the secretive organization known as Division.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 212+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jim ClarkShot by Conrad L HallScored by Michael SmallDesigned by Richard MacdonaldSound by David RonneCostumes by Ann RothStunts by Everett Creach

Box Office

1976 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$21.7M

Budget$6.5M
Worldwide gross$21.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Der Marathon-Mannde
  • The Marathon Manen
  • Il maratonetait

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