A wheelchair-bound man watches blood spatter on the curtains, helpless to prevent that character from being attacked by a garrote-wielding would-be assassin in his (*) Paris hotel room.
The brother of this film's villain was played by a Hindenburg survivor whose name, Ben Dova, unfortunately turns out to be a stage name. A character in this film invents a fictitious ski instructor to trick a woman into betraying the fact that she's not actually Swiss. A wheelchair-bound man watches blood spatter on the curtains, helpless to prevent that character from being attacked by a garrote-wielding would-be assassin in his (*) Paris hotel room. Legendarily, one of this film's lead actors stayed awake for three days straight to get into character, prompting the other lead to ask "Why don't you just try acting?" In its most notorious scene, the Nazi war criminal Christian Szell repeatedly asks "Is it safe?" while torturing the protagonist with dental tools. For 10 points, name this John Schlesinger film starring Dustin Hoffman as the title long-distance runner.
The brother of this film's villain was played by a Hindenburg survivor whose name, Ben Dova, unfortunately turns out to be a stage name.
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