And Barbara Stanwyck was a Best Actress Oscar nominee (her second nomination) for Howard Hawks""Ball of Fire (1941).BackgroundMarathon Man(1976) is a scary nightmare thriller, best known for the suspenseful pursuit scenes and a truly repellent scene of torture.Joan""s superficial shoulder wounds are treated by Dr.Werdegast - deeply concerned about his wife, Peter flinches when the doctor injects her with a knock-out sedative.Absolutely out of the question.My division was cut to pieces.What""s left of it is in no position to even hold the Ant Hill, let alone take it.I""m sorry, but that""s the truth.Manipulatively with subtle and persuasive urgings as hey weave around each other in the large room, Broulard intimates hat the vain-glorious, ambitious Mireau might be considered, as a "fighting general," for a rapid promotion to the Twelfth Corps (with another star) if the Ant Hill is taken.