
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.Status: | Released (1975-05-21) |
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Awards: | 1 nomination total |
BoxOffice: | $14,200,000 |
Screen: | Hal Dresner, Warren Murphy, Rod Whitaker |
Productions: | Universal Pictures, Malpaso Productions |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English, Deutsch |






Casts
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Jonathan Hemlock
- 12950: George Kennedy - Ben Bowman
- 6780: Vonetta McGee - Jemima Brown
- 111989: Jack Cassidy - Miles Mellough
- 20861: Heidi Brühl - Mrs. Montaigne
- 16524: Thayer David - Dragon
- 38624: Reiner Schöne - Freytag
Crews
- 55320: Frank Stanley - Director of Photography - Camera
- 85783: Trevanian - Novel - Writing
- 55451: Hal Dresner - Screenplay - Writing
- 491: John Williams - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 14777: Robert Daley - Producer - Production
- 3643: Ferris Webster - Editor - Editing
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Director - Directing
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Reviews
Wuchak
Review text:
_**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 ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
Review text:
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 ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
Review text:
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 collecti ....
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