The Eiger Sanction

Dirty Harry climbs a mountain

An American art professor (Clint Eastwood) is coerced back into his former occupation as a government assassin for a couple final hits before retirement. One of the gigs involves an international climb of The Eiger, a mountain in Switzerland, so he has to prepare at a resort in Arizona ran by his buddy (George Kennedy). Thayer David plays the head of the secretive organization while Jack Cassidy is on hand as a foppish nemesis in the desert.

"The Eiger Sanction (1975) is a secret agent adventure/thriller thats not as over-the-top as James Bond. Handheld cameras and special equipment were utilized for the climbing sequences wherein Eastwood did his own stuntwork under risky conditions. A British cli...

Strong start, limp finish.

I enjoyed the spy elements to 'The Eiger Sanction', sure it's a bit cheesy and could feel like a <a href="https://letterboxd.com/films/in/james-bond-collection/by/release-earliest/size/large/" rel="nofollow">Bond</a> knock-off in parts, but all in all it was cool to see Clint Eastwood in that role. Unfortunately, while I wouldn't say it's bad, the rest of the film focuses on uninteresting - due to how dragged out it is - mountain climbing.

It concludes with strong vibes of 1959's '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/third-man-on-the-mountain/" rel="nofollow">Third Man on the Mountain</a>', a Disney film that is filled with mountain climbing. Like that aforementioned production, I didn't dislike what I was s...