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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.

 

 

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* [[Almost-Dead Guy]]: A partial example, in that he can't manage to tell Babe anything, but everyone assumes he has.

* [[Book Ends]]: In the first and last shots of Babe, he's running by the Central Park Reservoir.

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: {{spoiler|The old Jewish lady who recognizes Szell. Everybody in the area hearing her yell, "It's Szell!" thinks she's senile.}}

* [[Thwarted Escape]]

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Melendez, the burglar Babe lets ransack his place in exchange for helping him with Szell's men.

* [[To the Pain]]: "So, I'll just drill into a healthy tooth until I reach the pulp. That is unless, of course, you can tell me that it's safe."

** {{spoiler|"I'll let keep as many as you can swallow."}}

 

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