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The Eiger Sanction
Also known as Eiger Sanction
1975 film by Clint Eastwood
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6.1A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Released: 1975-05-21129 minDir: Clint EastwoodAction, Adventure, DramaBudget: $9.0MBox office: $14.2M
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Jonathan Hemlock
- George Kennedy as Ben Bowman
- Vonetta McGee as Jemima Brown
- Jack Cassidy as Miles Mellough
- Heidi Brühl as Mrs. Montaigne
- Thayer David as Dragon
Themes
- art collector
- assassin
- based on novel or book
~24 min read
Article
The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 American action film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Based on the 1972 novel The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian, the film is about Jonathan Hemlock, an art history professor, mountain climber, and former assassin once employed by a secret government agency, who is blackmailed into returning to his deadly profession for one last mission.
Hemlock agrees to join an international climbing team in Switzerland which is planning an ascent of the Eiger north face to avenge the murder of an old friend. The Eiger Sanction was produced by Robert Daley for Eastwood's Malpaso Company, with Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown as executive producers, and co-starred George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, and Jack Cassidy.