

The Eiger Sanction
HIS LIFELINE - held by the assassin he hunted.
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9M
- Box office
- $14.2M
- Language
- English
- art collector
- assassin
- based on novel or book
- hitman
- espionage
- secret intelligence service
- switzerland
- mountain climbing
- alps mountains
- swiss alps
- spy ring
- rock climbing
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR21 May 1975
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1521 Aug 1975
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM1 Jun 1975
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1421 Aug 1975
DenmarkDK
- Physical1521 May 1975
FinlandFI
- PhysicalK-1621 May 1975
FranceFR
- TheatricalU16 Jul 1975
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1221 Aug 1975
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1528 Sept 1975
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1524 Oct 1975
JapanJP
- Theatrical31 Oct 1975
SwedenSE
- TV1521 May 1975
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The Eiger Sanction was released on 21 May 1975.
Audience reviews
4- W7/10
Wuchak
10/10/2021
_**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 w…
- R7/10
r96sk
1/28/2022
Strong start, limp finish. I enjoyed the spy elements to <em>'The Eiger Sanction'</em>, 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 uni…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
11/19/2024
First things first - remember that when this was made, script writers were not noted for much delicacy when it came to the use of some of the more pejorative of descriptors. At times, indeed, the dialogue is positively puerile. Clint Eastwood is an art professor with quite a collection amassed from funds he received from his career as an "official" hit man. His erstwhile boss - the albino "Mr Dragon" coaxes him out o…
- J5/10
JPV852
6/21/2025
Pretty slow espionage thriller that does features solid rock climbing sequences but the story is rather thin and never quite bought Eastwood in the role. Watchable I guess but one of his lesser movies. **2.75/5**
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