Clint Eastwood plays a retired professional assassin called back into duty to find the man who killed his friend. But the danger skyrockets when he’s forced to join a climbing party mounting the Swiss Alps to track his prey inThe Eiger Sanction. Co-starring New Bev legend George Kennedy (The Dirty Dozen, Cool Hand Luke) and showcasing some of the most breathtaking, heart-pounding & authentic alpine footage ever lensed. Absolutely not for those with a fear of heights!
“In [The Eiger Sanction] Eastwood actually does his own climbing, and the photography insists on that with a lot of long shots that unmistakably establish his position and altitude before zooming in to show us it’s Eastwood. That makes the danger in the mountain scenes seem more real. We’re vicariously more involved with the actual Eastwood than we would be with Hollywood stunt work, no matter how impressive. And so we get wrapped up in the situations, and we’re seduced by the photography” – Roger Ebert
