After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations.
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Thomas 'Babe' Levy
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| Laurence Olivier | ... |
Dr. Christian Szell
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| Roy Scheider | ... |
Henry 'Doc' Levy
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| William Devane | ... |
Janeway
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| Marthe Keller | ... |
Elsa Opel
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| Fritz Weaver | ... |
Professor Biesenthal
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| Richard Bright | ... |
Karl
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| Marc Lawrence | ... |
Erhard
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| Allen Joseph | ... |
Babe's Father
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Tito Goya | ... |
Melendez
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Ben Dova | ... |
Szell's Brother
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Lou Gilbert | ... |
Rosenbaum
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| Jacques Marin | ... |
LeClerc
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James Wing Woo | ... |
Chen
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Nicole Deslauriers | ... |
Nicole
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| Lotte Palfi Andor | ... |
Old Lady on 47th Street
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| Lionel Pina | ... |
Street Gang
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Church Ortiz | ... |
Street Gang
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Tricoche | ... |
Street Gang
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| Jamie Tirelli | ... |
Street Gang
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Wilfredo Hernández | ... |
Street Gang
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Harry Goz | ... |
Jewelry Salesman
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Michael Vale | ... |
Jewelry Salesman
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| Fred Stuthman | ... |
Jewelry Salesman
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Lee Steele | ... |
Jewelry Salesman
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William Martel | ... |
Bank Guard
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Glenn Robards | ... |
Plainclothesman
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Ric Carrott | ... |
Plainclothesman
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| Alma Beltran | ... |
Laundress
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Daniel Nunez | ... |
Guard in Uruguay
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| Anthony Pena | ... |
Guard in Uruguay
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Chuy Franco | ... |
Guard in Uruguay
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Billy Kearns | ... |
Tourist Couple
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Sally Wilson | ... |
Tourist Couple
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Tom Ellis | ... |
T.V. Announcer
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Bryant Fraser | ... |
Young Photographer
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Igor Dega | ... |
Hotel Valet
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Gene Bori | ... |
French Doctor
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Annette Claudier | ... |
Nurse
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Roger Etienne | ... |
Headwaiter
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| Raymond Serra | ... |
Truck Driver
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John Garson | ... |
Bystander
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Charlott Thyssen | ... |
Bystander
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Estelle Omens | ... |
Bystander
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| Madge Kennedy | ... |
Lady in Bank
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Jeff Palladini | ... |
Young Babe
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Scott Price | ... |
Young Doc
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Abebe Bikila | ... |
Abebe Bikila (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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S.C. Dacy | ... |
Innocent Bystander (uncredited)
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Bobra Harris | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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| Cordis Heard | ... |
Columbia student on stairs (uncredited)
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| John Heard | ... |
Columbia student on stairs (uncredited)
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Robert Hitchcock | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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William Magerman | ... |
Accident Witness (uncredited)
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| Shawn McAllister | ... |
Mechanic (uncredited)
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Irving Metzman | ... |
Accident Witness (uncredited)
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| Monty O'Grady | ... |
Agent (uncredited)
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N.J. Osrag | ... |
Accident Witness (uncredited)
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| Harrison Ressler | ... |
Diamond District Patron (uncredited)
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Louis Tanno | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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| Mark L. Taylor | ... |
Columbia Student (uncredited)
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| Treat Williams | ... |
Central Park Jogger (uncredited)
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Directed by
| John Schlesinger | ||
Written by
| William Goldman | ... | (screenplay) |
| William Goldman | ... | (from: his novel) |
Produced by
| Sidney Beckerman | ... | producer |
| Robert Evans | ... | producer |
| George Justin | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Michael Small | ||
Cinematography by
| Conrad L. Hall | ... | director of photography (as Conrad Hall) |
Editing by
| Jim Clark | ... | (edited by) |
Editorial Department
| Arthur Schmidt | ... | associate editor |
| Dennis Wooley | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
| Jane Feinberg | ||
| Mike Fenton | ||
Production Design by
| Richard Macdonald | ... | (as Richard MacDonald) |
Art Direction by
| Jack De Shields | ||
Set Decoration by
| George Gaines | ||
Costume Design by
| Robert De Mora | ... | (costumes) |
| Ann Roth | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
| Barbara Lorenz | ... | hair stylist |
| Ben Nye | ... | makeup artist |
| Dick Smith | ... | special makeup consultant |
| Brad Wilder | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Stephen F. Kesten | ... | unit production manager |
| Lindsley Parsons Jr. | ... | executive production manager: Paramount (uncredited) |
| Wally Samson | ... | production manager: studio features (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Everett Creach | ... | second unit director |
| Burtt Harris | ... | assistant director |
| Hawk Koch | ... | assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.) |
| William Saint John | ... | second assistant director |
| Charles Ziarko | ... | first assistant director NYC scouting and prep only (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Bill MacSems | ... | property master |
| Guy Bushman | ... | assistant property master (uncredited) |
| Bill Gold | ... | poster designer (uncredited) |
| Mike Higelmire | ... | leadman (uncredited) |
| Gary Kudroff | ... | swing gang (uncredited) |
| Bill Parks | ... | construction coordinator (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| David M. Ronne | ... | sound mixer (as David Ronne) |
| Edward L. Sandlin | ... | sound editor |
| Fred Stafford | ... | sound editor (as Freddie Stafford) |
| John Wilkinson | ... | re-recording mixer (as John K. Wilkinson) |
| Robert Crosby | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
| Robert Rogow | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Richard E. Johnson | ... | special effects |
| Charles Spurgeon | ... | special effects |
Stunts
| Everett Creach | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Jerry Brutsche | ... | stunt driver (uncredited) |
| Rip Clark | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Frank Orsatti | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Jerry Summers | ... | stunt driver (uncredited) |
| Rock A. Walker | ... | stunt driver (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Holly Bower | ... | stills |
| Garrett Brown | ... | special photography |
| Earl L. Clark | ... | assistant camera (as Earl Clark) |
| Charles Langham | ... | best boy |
| Mary Ellen Mark | ... | still photographer |
| Rick Martens | ... | gaffer (as Richard Martens) |
| Nick McLean | ... | camera operator |
| Robert Moore | ... | key grip (as Robert C. Moore) |
| Tom Prate | ... | grip |
| Peter Sorel | ... | stills |
| Arthur J. Boyle | ... | second company grip (uncredited) |
| Howard Ford | ... | second assistant camera (uncredited) |
| Bob Hagerty | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
| Bud Heller | ... | grip (uncredited) |
| Leslie J. Kovacs | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
| Norman Lang | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
| Sal Orefice | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Sheehan | ... | grip (uncredited) |
| Buzz Warren | ... | dolly grip (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| Juliet Taylor | ... | casting: New York |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Roland Meledandri | ... | clothes: Roy Scheider |
| Robert M. Moore | ... | wardrobe |
| Bernie Pollack | ... | wardrobe |
Location Management
| Jack Clements | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Jack Hayes | ... | orchestrator |
| Patrick Moore | ... | music editor |
| Michael Small | ... | conductor |
| Israel Baker | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Larry Bunker | ... | musician: percussion (uncredited) |
| Gene Cipriano | ... | musician: woodwinds (uncredited) |
| Mahlon Clark | ... | musician: woodwinds (uncredited) |
| Herman Clebanoff | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Isabelle Daskoff | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| James Decker | ... | musician: french horn (uncredited) |
| Arni Egilsson | ... | musician: bass (uncredited) |
| John Ellis | ... | musician: oboe (uncredited) |
| Christine Ermacoff | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
| Justin Gordon | ... | musician: clarinet (uncredited) |
| Susan Greenberg | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
| Alan Harshman | ... | musician: viola (uncredited) |
| Artie Kane | ... | musician: piano and keyboards (uncredited) |
| Armand Kaproff | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
| Louis Kaufman | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Harry Klee | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
| Raphael Kramer | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
| Alfred Lustgarten | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Malcolm McNab | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) / trumpet soloist (uncredited) |
| Peter Mercurio | ... | musician: bass (uncredited) |
| Jack Pepper | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Richard Perissi | ... | musician: french horn (uncredited) |
| Joe Porcaro | ... | musician: percussion (uncredited) |
| Uan Rasey | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Remsen | ... | musician: harp (uncredited) |
| Emil Richards | ... | musician: percussion (uncredited) |
| Ambrose Russo | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Eleanor Slatkin | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
| Albert Steinberg | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Sheridon Stokes | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
| Robert Sushel | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
| Tony Terran | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
| Louise Di Tullio | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
| Ian Underwood | ... | musician: keyboards (uncredited) |
| Graham Young | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Nicholas Sgarro | ... | script supervisor (as Nick Sgarro) |
| Karen Hale Wookey | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
| Robert Towne | ... | script revision (uncredited) |
Transportation Department
| Kelly Aldrich | ... | driver: John Schlesinger (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Cathy Chazan | ... | assistant: Mr. Evans |
| Michael Childers | ... | assistant to producers |
| Mark Griffiths | ... | coordinator: AFI |
| Dan Perri | ... | title designer |
| Arlene Albertson | ... | production office coordinator (uncredited) |
| Bob Archer | ... | production: studio (uncredited) |
| Martin Brown | ... | craft service (uncredited) |
| Cathy Chazan | ... | secretary to executive producer (uncredited) |
| Sig Frohlich | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
| Barbara Kalish | ... | secretary to producers (uncredited) |
| Bobbie Leslie | ... | secretary to producers (uncredited) |
| Freeman Packard | ... | production: studio (uncredited) |
| Mary Peck | ... | secretary to director (uncredited) |
| Stephanie Pond-Smith | ... | secretary to producers (uncredited) |
| Paul Steinbaum | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Paramount Pictures (1976) (United States) (theatrical) (A Robert Evans Sidney Beckerman Film)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1976) (France) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1976) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1976) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Paramount Pictures (1977) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Sonoro Filme (1977) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Zjednoczenie Rozpowszechniania Filmów (1977) (Poland) (theatrical)
- CBS (1979) (United States) (tv)
- Paramount Films of India (1979) (India) (theatrical)
- Antenne 2 (A2) (1983) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- CIC Video (1986) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1987) (Greece) (VHS)
- La Cinq (1987) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- CIC Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- Esselte CIC Video (Netherlands) (VHS)
- TV3 (1989) (Finland) (tv)
- TF1 (1994) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- M6 (1996) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1998) (Finland) (tv)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
- Paramount Pictures (2000) (Mexico) (DVD)
- Finnkino (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Italy) (DVD)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-edited)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Paris Première (2008) (France) (tv)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
- Swashbuckler Films (2010) (France) (theatrical)
- ARTE (2010) (France) (tv)
- RTL9 (2011) (France) (tv)
- Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (2013) (Finland) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Home Video (2013) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Paramount Channel (2020) (France) (tv)
- SBS Viceland (2020) (Australia) (tv)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Kino Lorber (2023) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Connaught Productions (services)
- Decca Records ("Dors, ô cité perverse!" courtesy of)
- Maslansky Koenigsberg (publicity)
- Polydor Records ("Der Neugierige" used by arrangement with)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Thomas "Babe" Levy, whose brother Henry James "Doc" Levy is an oil business executive, is a Ph.D. candidate in History at Columbia University. He is also training as a marathon runner. Babe is paying homage to his deceased father, H.B. Levy, in pursuing the same studies as he, the father who committed suicide while being under investigation in the Communist witch hunts. Babe's work does not sit well with Doc who wants Babe to move on with his life. While at Columbia, Babe meets and begins to date Elsa Opel, a foreign exchange student also in History. While out for a walk in Central Park late one night, Babe and Elsa are mugged, the unusual aspect of it being that their attackers were men in suits. Babe will learn that the mugging was not a random attack after someone close to Babe is found murdered, the deceased whom was not whom he purported to be. From here, Babe is thrown into an international conspiracy concerning Nazi war criminal Christian Szell in hiding, and a large cache of diamonds. In the process, Babe learns that Szell's associates are after him believing that he was passed sensitive information by the deceased before his death. Not knowing anything about what's going on, Babe has to decide whom he can and cannot trust while he works to find out what's going on. In Babe discovering what's happening around him, his issue with Szell becomes personal. Written by Huggo |
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| Taglines | A thriller. See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $6,500,000 (estimated) |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $2,184,773 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Sir Laurence Olivier took the role of Dr. Szell in part to leave a great deal of money to his wife and children, as he expected to die from the cancer that afflicted him throughout production. He performed the role while undergoing treatment for his cancer, which included heavy doses of painkillers to allow him to work every day. The pain medication affected his memory, and at times Olivier could not remember more than one or two of his lines at a time. In a testament to his fierce concentration, his performance garnered rave reviews and an Oscar nomination, and despite working under such aggressive medical treatment, he experienced a full recovery, allowing him to enjoy the success of this movie, and a series of leading roles that followed. See more » |
| Goofs | As Doc approaches LeClerc's shop, he passes a girl in a green sweater. When he leaves the shop a few minutes later, the same girl passes him, still going in the same direction. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from Tokyo Olympiad (1965). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Dors, ô cité perverse See more » |
| Crazy Credits | The ending credits scroll with Babe's jogging route as a backdrop. See more » |
| Quotes |
Christian Szell:
Is it safe?... Is it safe? Babe: You're talking to me? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Is what safe? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Tell me what the "it" refers to. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it. Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. See more » |