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The Eiger Sanction

1975

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Michael A. Grimm ...

5.8

4,134

Action. Thriller Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is tired of killing for a living, but the ruthless government agency he works for needs his services again, and they’ll use any kind of manipulation they have to in order to get him to take one last job. They eventually convince him to take on a dangerous undercover mission that involves climbing the Eiger--and the most dangerous aspect is that he doesn’t know which of his fellow climbers is the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"We get wrapped up in the situations, and we're seduced by the photography, and we enjoy the several pretty girls who happen along in the hero's path, and if the plot doesn't make any sense well, no movie's perfect (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"A long, foolish but never boring suspense melodrama"	NEU
United Kingdom	Adrian Turner Radio Times	"It often looks spectacular, but the thin plotting and lacklustre dialogue and performances seriously let the film down (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Variety	"Eastwood (...) manages fine suspense. His direction displays a knowledge that permits rugged action."	POS
United Kingdom	Phil Hardy Time Out	"The most puzzling of Eastwood's self-directed films (...) [It] is little but a series of nice panoramas and clichéd action sequences."	NEU

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