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A 1974 [[William Goldman]] novel and 1976 film. [[Dustin Hoffman]] plays Thomas "Babe" Levy, a history graduate student and aspiring marathon runner. Babe seeks to follow in the footsteps of his father, a historian who committed suicide after being unjustly targeted by Joseph McCarthy. He receives a visit from his brother Henry, who, unbeknownst to Babe, is a government agent assigned to manage the fugitive Nazi Christian Szell ([[Laurence Olivier]]). Babe soon becomes entangled in events, and must fight to save himself from Szell and his allies.