The Eiger Sanction

1975, Adventure/Mystery & thriller, 2h 9m

19 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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Former government assassin Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) now devotes his time to teaching and collecting paintings, but his quiet life is interrupted when he is persuaded by his former employers work for them again. Hemlock has to join a crew of explorers (George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy) on a trip up the Eiger, a treacherous Swiss mountain. Hemlock must simultaneously determine which of his fellow climbers is a Soviet spy, kill his target and scale the deadly peak.

Cast & Crew

Clint Eastwood
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock
George Kennedy
Ben Bowman
Vonetta McGee
Jemima Brown
Jack Cassidy
Miles Mellough
Thayer David
Dragon
Heidi Brühl
Mrs. Anna Montaigne
Reiner Schöne
Karl Freytag
Brenda Venus
George
Clint Eastwood
Director
Hal Dresner
Screenwriter
Rod Whitaker
Screenwriter
David Brown
Executive Producer
Richard D. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Robert Daley
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