Clint Eastwood
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock
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May 21, 1975 · A retired assassin and art professor must climb the Eiger to find a Russian spy who killed his friend. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more for this 1975 film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
- (22K)
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Clint Eastwood
- 1975-05-21
Based on the 1972 novel The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian, the film is about Jonathan Hemlock, an art history professor, mountain climber, and former assassin once employed by a secret government agency, who is blackmailed into returning to his deadly profession for one last mission.
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is a professor of art, highly skilled mountain climber, and a former assassin for the U.S. government. He is lured out of retirement when a former colleague is murdered. The targets: the men who killed his friend.
A former assassin (Clint Eastwood) is hired by his old employers to infiltrate a group of climbers on the Eiger, a Swiss mountain. He must find a Soviet spy and kill his target while facing the dangers of the climb.
- (21)
- Clint Eastwood
- R
- Clint Eastwood
A former CIA assassin, now a college professor, comes out of retirement to avenge the death of a colleague and recover stolen chemical warfare secrets. Spectacular mountaintop action, directed by Clint Eastwood. 2,015 IMDb 6.4 2 h 8 min 1975. X-Ray R.
Clint Eastwood stars as a professor and assassin who climbs the Eiger to find a killer. Roger Ebert praises the action sequences and photography, but criticizes the plot and the ending.
The Eiger Sanction is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker. The story is about a classical art professor and collector who doubles as a professional assassin, and who is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an American agent.
