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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.
The Eiger Sanction (1975), directed by Clint Eastwood, was partly filmed in Monument Valley; both Eastwood and George Kennedy were filmed on top of the Totem Pole, which has been off-limits to climbers since the movie was filmed here. Joshua (1976) The Villain (aka Cactus Jack) (1979) Wanda Nevada (1979) The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
The Eiger Sanction: Clint Eastwood: Universal Pictures: co-production with Zanuck/Brown Productions 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales: Warner Bros. Pictures: The Enforcer: James Fargo: 1977 The Gauntlet: Clint Eastwood: 1978 Every Which Way But Loose: James Fargo: 1979 Escape from Alcatraz: Don Siegel: Paramount Pictures
The Eiger Sanction may refer to The Eiger Sanction (novel) , a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker The Eiger Sanction (film) , the 1975 film adaptation of Trevanian's novel
His first novel, published at the age of 40 when he was teaching at the University of Texas, was The Eiger Sanction, a thriller that became a worldwide best seller. In 1975, it was adapted as a movie directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. [4] Trevanian described the movie as "vapid" in a footnote in his later novel Shibumi. He requested (and ...
The Eiger Sanction: Jonathan Hemlock [48] [49] 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales: Josey Wales [50] [51] The Enforcer: Harry Callahan [52] 1977 The Gauntlet: Ben Shockley [53] [54] 1978 Every Which Way but Loose: Philo Beddoe [55] 1979 Escape from Alcatraz: Frank Morris [56] 1980 Bronco Billy: Bronco Billy McCoy [57] [58] Any Which Way You Can: Philo ...
The Eiger Sanction is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker. [1] The story is about a classical art professor and collector who doubles as a professional assassin, and who is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an American agent.
Parts of the 1975 thriller film The Eiger Sanction (U.S. director Clint Eastwood) were filmed at Totem Pole. According to author Ron Hogan, "[i]n addition to directing and starring in The Eiger Sanction, Clint Eastwood did all his own stunts during the mountain-climbing sequences."