The Eiger Sanction

Movie

1975

2h 9m

English

Action, Adventure, Drama

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A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

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The Eiger Sanction

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1975

2h 9m

English

Action, Adventure, Drama

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A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

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Cast

Jonathan Hemlock

Ben Bowman

Jemima Brown

Miles Mellough

Mrs. Montaigne

Dragon

Freytag

Meyer

Montaigne

George

Pope

Art Student

Miss Cerberus

Dewayne

Reporter

Kruger

Wormwood

Hotel Manager

Buns

Cab Driver

Directed By: Clint Eastwood

Written By: Warren Murphy (Screenplay), Hal Dresner (Screenplay), + 2 more

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Pongo1976 says...

2 months ago

If you saw a movie called Nordwand (North Face) you would understand this movie much better. Be warned however that Nordwand is a very heavy and hard to watch.

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siggi963 says...

3 months ago

A classic mountain climbing movie based on true events. Eastwood in his element.

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paulrobson666@duck.com says...

9 months ago

[spoiler]I remember the very first time I saw this and how gutted I was that George Kennedy played a baddie.[/spoiler] There's not a single likeable character in this. Even the wee dog's fucking offensive.

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r96sk says...

3 years ago

Strong start, limp finish. I enjoyed the spy elements to 'The Eiger Sanction', sure it's a bit cheesy and could feel like a Bond knock-off in parts, but all in all it was cool to see Clint Eastwood in that role. Unfortunately, while I wouldn't say it's bad, the rest of the film focuses on uninteresting - due to how dragged out it is - mountain climbing. It concludes with strong vibes of 1959's 'Third Man on the Mountain', a Disney film that is filled with mountain climbing. Like that aforementioned production, I didn't dislike what I was seeing but it's just not that intriguing to watch for an extended time. I'm rating this 3* as it's still a solid film, with neat cinematography, but it could've been so much more due to what it sets up initially.

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CinemaSerf

3 weeks ago

First things first - remember that when this was made, script writers were not noted for much delicacy when it came to the use of some of the more pejorative of descriptors. At times, indeed, the dialogue is positively puerile. Clint Eastwood is an art professor with quite a collection amassed from More

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Wuchak

3 years ago

_**Dirty Harry climbs a mountain**_

An American art professor (Clint Eastwood) is coerced back into his former occupation as a government assassin for a couple final hits before retirement. One of the gigs involves an international climb of The Eiger, a mountain in Switzerland, so he has to prepa More

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