Poster from TMDB
OverviewAI-generated
The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 action thriller directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred alongside George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy, and Vonetta McGee. The screenplay was written by Warren Murphy and Trevanian. Produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, it was a co-production of Universal Pictures and Malpaso Productions. The film was shot on location in the Canton of Berne, Zurich, and California, with its narrative set in Switzerland among the Alps. John Williams composed the score and Frank Stanley served as director of photography, with Ferris Webster as film editor. The film has a runtime of 123 minutes and was part of the New Hollywood movement.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
6.1A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Jonathan Hemlock
- George Kennedy as Ben Bowman
- Vonetta McGee as Jemima Brown
- Jack Cassidy as Miles Mellough
- Heidi Brühl as Mrs. Montaigne
- Thayer David as Dragon
Themes
- art collector
- assassin
- based on novel or book
- hitman
- espionage
- secret intelligence service
- switzerland
- mountain climbing
- alps mountains
- swiss alps
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Key facts
- Directed by
- Clint Eastwood
- Screenplay by
- Hal Dresner Warren B. Murphy Rod Whitaker
- Based on
- The Eiger Sanction , 1972 novel, by Trevanian
- Produced by
- Robert Daley
- Starring
- Clint Eastwood George Kennedy Vonetta McGee Jack Cassidy
- Cinematography
- Frank Stanley
- Edited by
- Ferris Webster
- Music by
- John Williams
- Production company
- The Malpaso Company
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- May 21, 1975 ( 1975-05-21 )
- Running time
- 129 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $9 million
- Box office
- $14.2 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Alps
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Composer
- John Williams
- Producer
- David Brown
- Production company
- Malpaso Productions
- Cinematographer
- Frank Stanley
- Narrative location
- Switzerland
- Filming location
- Utah
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 358604
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Film shoot for The Eiger Sanction in Zurich (10).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- publication date
- 1980-12-00
- Commons category
- The Eiger Sanction (film)
- film editor
- Ferris Webster
- title
- The Eiger Sanction
- executive producer
- David Brown
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- review score
- 61/100
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0
~24 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 American action film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. 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.
Hemlock agrees to join an international climbing team in Switzerland which is planning an ascent of the Eiger north face to avenge the murder of an old friend. The Eiger Sanction was produced by Robert Daley for Eastwood's Malpaso Company, with Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown as executive producers, and co-starred George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, and Jack Cassidy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Eiger Sanction” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.