The Movie: Marathon Man (1976)
What Is It?: John
Schlesinger’s thriller in which Dustin Hoffman butts heads with the Nazi sadist
(Lawrence Olivier) who killed his secret agent brother (Roy Scheider) is most
famous for its horrific dental torture scene (“Is it safe?”), but it also
deserves props for having cinema’s only car chase worth a damn.
Why Today?: Today
is Dentist Appreciation Day.
