The Eiger Sanction
HIS LIFELINE - held by the assassin he hunted.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Revenue
- $14,200,000
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Malpaso Productions
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writers
- Hal Dresner,Warren Murphy,Trevanian
- Producers
- Robert Daley,Richard D. Zanuck,David Brown
- Cinematography
- Frank Stanley
- Composer
- John Williams
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Wuchak
October 10, 2021
_**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 prepare at a resort in Arizona ran by his buddy (George Kennedy). Thayer David plays the head of the secretive organization while Jack Cassidy is on hand as a foppish nemesis in the desert. "The Eiger …
r96sk
January 28, 2022
Strong start, limp finish. I enjoyed the spy elements to <em>'The Eiger Sanction'</em>, sure it's a bit cheesy and could feel like a <a href="https://letterboxd.com/films/in/james-bond-collection/by/release-earliest/size/large/" rel="nofollow">Bond</a> 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 w…
CinemaSerf
November 19, 2024
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 funds he received from his career as an "official" hit man. His erstwhile boss - the albino "Mr Dragon" coaxes him out of retirement with a large sum of money and the promise that he will get to aveng…
JPV852
June 21, 2025
Pretty slow espionage thriller that does features solid rock climbing sequences but the story is rather thin and never quite bought Eastwood in the role. Watchable I guess but one of his lesser movies. **2.75/5**