Clint Eastwood
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock
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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.
May 21, 1975 · The Eiger Sanction: Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy. Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
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.
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...
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The Eiger Sanction. Roger Ebert January 01, 1975. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. There comes a time in some movies when sheer spectacle overwhelms any consideration of plot, and Clint Eastwood's "The Eiger Sanction" is a movie like that.
The Eiger Sanction. 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. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
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Brief Synopsis. Art history professor Jonathan Hemlock was formerly an assassin working with an international intelligence group. Jonathan is happy to have put his secret life behind him, but he is blackmailed into doing one more hit, which the organization calls a "sanction."
The Eiger Sanction is a long, foolish but never boring suspense melodrama about a college art professor named Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood), who has a passion for French Impressionists and mountain climbing and an underground reputation as the best assassin in the international spy business.
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. Trevanian. Novel, Screenplay. Clint Eastwood.
