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Release Date: 1975

Cast: George Kennedy, Gregory Walcott, Jack Cassidy, Vonetta McGee, Clint Eastwood

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Action, Action/Adventure, Action Thrillers, Thriller, Albino Bias, Film Adaptation

The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 American action thriller based on the novel The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian, a pseudonym for the American author, Dr. Rodney William Whitaker. The film was directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred as Dr. Jonathan Hemlock. Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, art professor and mountaineer, is a retired government assassin called on to return to work for two more "sanctions," a euphemism for officially approved killings. He has used the fortune made from previous sanctions to amass 21 rare masterpiece paintings, primarily stolen pieces smuggled into the U.S. from... MORE

The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 American action thriller based on the novel The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian, a pseudonym for the American author, Dr. Rodney William Whitaker. The film was directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred as Dr. Jonathan Hemlock. Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, art professor and mountaineer, is a retired government assassin called on to return to work for two more "sanctions," a euphemism for officially approved killings. He has used the fortune made from previous sanctions to amass 21 rare masterpiece paintings, primarily stolen pieces smuggled into the U.S. from Europe. The director of the secret government agency called "C2" is "Mr. Dragon," an albino ex-Nazi confined to semi-darkness and kept alive by blood transfusions. Dragon wants Hemlock to kill two men responsible for the death of another government agent. Insisting he is retired, Hemlock refuses until Dragon threatens to expose Hemlock's collection to the IRS. He carries out the first sanction in Europe for $20,000, twice his usual fee, and a letter guaranteeing no trouble from the IRS. Returning from Europe, Hemlock meets C2 courier Jemima Brown, who seduces him and steals his money and IRS exemption LESS