Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director John Schlesinger's classic 1976 thriller,
Marathon Man, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Marthe Keller, Roy Scheider and William Devane. The film is being released on Blu-ray as part of Warner's 2012 distribution deal with Paramount, and streets on September 10th.
Official Synopsis: 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 hi ding place and heads for New York. He has Doc killed, then kidnaps Doc's in-the-dark brother Babe (Dustin Hoffman). Repeating the ph rase "Is it safe?" over and over, Szell, a onetime concentration camp dentist, tries to extract information from Babe.
Marathon Man traces Babe Levy's progression from pacifistic naif to cynical street-smart scrapper.
Tech specs and extras have yet to be detailed.