The Eiger Sanction
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
George Kennedy
Vonetta Mcgee
Jack Cassidy
Walter Kraus
Film Details
Technical Specs
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 target is one of three men who are going to attempt to climb the Eiger, a challenging mountain range in the Swiss Alps, and the hit is to take place during the trip. Jonathan is an experienced mountain climber, but is unnerved that he has not been told which of the three he is to kill.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Cast
Clint Eastwood
George Kennedy
Vonetta Mcgee
Jack Cassidy
Walter Kraus
Brenda Venus
Frank Redmond
Michael Grimm
Dan Howard
Siegfried Wallach
Gregory Walcott
Jean-pierre Bernard
Candice Rialson
Jack Kosslyn
Heidi Bruhl
Susan Morgan
Elaine Shore
Jack Frey
Reiner Schöne
Thayer David
Crew
James Alexander
Larry Bird
Frank Blachus
Bud Bowles
David Brown
Bruce Catlin
Joe Chevalier
Don Christie
Janis Clark
William N Clark
John Cleare
Aurelio Crugnola
Robert Daley
Hal Dresner
John M. Dwyer
James Fargo
Laura Fattori
Mike Hoover
Mike Hoover
Bud Howell
Robert Hoyt
Craig Huston
Jack Kosslyn
Jennings Lang
Bona Masalli Rocca
Sheila Mason
Joe Mckinney
Ben Mcmahan
Richard Meyer
Tom Moore
Warren B Murphy
Agnese Panarotto
Peter Pilafian
Mario Pisani
Jim Porter
J J Rayman
Frank Redmond
Nefte Ricco
Art Rimozius
Tim Ryan
Carol Rydall
Jeff Schoolfield
Roberto Silvi
Fred R. Simpson
Frank Stanley
Victor Tourjansky
Charles Waldo
George C. Webb
Ferris Webster
Rodney William Whitaker
Peter White
John Williams
Wallace Worsley
Glenn T Wright
Richard D. Zanuck
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Crap?- Jemima Brown
Excuse me? You did just start this conversation off by saying crap didn't you?- Jonathan Hemlock
I can't believe that you're a stewardess.- Jonathan Hemlock
Actually I'm not, I'm a skyjacker in a drag.- Jemima Brown
Oh, that's reassuring, just give your name and I report you to the proper authorities when we land.- Jonathan Hemlock
Jemima- Jemima Brown
And I'm Uncle Ben...- Jonathan Hemlock
Trivia
Clint Eastwood did all of his own stunts, including the scene where he cuts his safety line over a drop of at least one thousand feet.
The shoot marked the last time that anyone was allowed to climb the "Totem Pole" in Monument Valley. In return for permission to film there, climbers with the production had to remove all of the pitons, which had accumulated from years of climbing, on their way down.
In the car-chase scene, where Hemlock is being pursued along a cliff road by Miles Mellough and his bodyguard Dewayne, there was so much dust that the actor portraying Dewayne could not see where he was driving. To compensate, he drove looking up through the sunroof and followed the ridge line above. While effective, this driving method so unnerved actor 'Jack Cassidy' that he demanded his stunt man take his place in the car.
In the scene where Hemlock killed Dewayne, Miles Mellough's bodyguard, the blood shown was actually chocolate syrup.
One climber died during the shoot.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video November 12, 1987
Released in United States Spring May 1975
Re-released in United States on Video May 23, 1995
Formerly distributed by MCA Home Video.
Released in United States Spring May 1975
Re-released in United States on Video May 23, 1995
Released in United States on Video November 12, 1987
