Janeway Szell's brother's been killed in Manhattan. A collision with an oil truck.
Oh, boy. Any changes?
Janeway Only everything.
They're getting all the couriers.
Played by William Devane 
Marathon Man (1976) · 18 quotes
Marathon Man (1976) · 18 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Marathon Man (1976): in 5 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Babe (3)
Scenes with Janeway
5 scenes Janeway Janeway Janeway [In the car with Babe]
All right, things are starting to come together. Keep your head down before you get it blown off. Those two guys I just wasted work for a man named Christian Szell. Does that name mean anything to you?
No
Janeway He ran the experimental camp in Auchswitz, where they called him "The White Angel", the Weiße Engel, because he has this incredible head of white hair. He's probably the wealthiest and most wanted Nazi left alive. And he's hiding out somewhere in Uruguay. In 1945, Szell let it be known around Auchswitz that he could provide escape for any Jew who was willing to pay the price. He started with gold naturally, but very quickly worked his way up to diamonds. Have you heard any of this before?
No.
Janeway Szell saw the end early. And he snuck his brother into America with his diamonds. They're right here in New York in a safe deposit box. Szell's brother had the key. The only other key was kept by Szell in Uruguay. And now, if he has to come out of hiding to use it, he's gonna expose himself to incredible risk. Well, everything worked out fine until his brother got killed in a head-on collision with an oil truck.
Why did you say "naturally" when you said he'd started with gold?
Janeway Because he knocked it out of the Jews' teeth before he burned them. Szell was a dentist.
He's not coming to America, Mr. Janeway. He's here.
Janeway He can't be here. We'd already know of it.
He's here. He was the dentist that almost killed me. He kept saying, "Is it safe?, is it safe?" over and over.
Janeway Did he have white hair? Keep your head down! Did he have white hair?
He was bald.
Janeway Bald? The son of a bitch has shaved his head! He's here! And he's panicked!
Janeway Listen, why don't we begin with what happened tonight, hmm? Perhaps you could... you know, give me some of the details.
I was here, Doc... died, you came.
Janeway That's it?
I'm a demon for details.
Janeway [Referring to his dead brother]
What did he do?
He was in the oil business.
Janeway Wrong. I know exactly how Doc made his living, and the closest he ever came to the oil business was when he filled up at the friendly neighborhood gas station.
Janeway I don't think he knows anything. And I think he knows too much.
You can afford to think what you wish. I can't.
...
[to Babe]
Oh please don't worry. I'm not going into that cavity. That nerve's already dying. A live, freshly-cut nerve is infinitely more sensitive. So I'll just drill into a healthy tooth until I reach the pulp... unless of course you can tell me that it's safe.
