The Eiger Sanction (1975)
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Clint Eastwood
Jonathan Hemlock
George Kennedy
Ben Bowman
Vonetta McGee
Jemima Brown
Jack Cassidy
Miles Mellough
Heidi Brühl
Mrs. Montaigne
Thayer David
Dragon
Reiner Schöne
Freytag
Michael Grimm
Meyer
Jean-Pierre Bernard
Montaigne
Brenda Venus
George
Gregory Walcott
Pope
Candice Rialson
Art Student
Hal Dresner
Writer
Elaine Shore
Miss Cerberus
Warren Murphy
Writer
Dan Howard
Dewayne
Jack Kosslyn
Reporter / Dialogue Coach
Trevanian
Writer
Walter Kraus
Kruger
Robert Daley
Producer
Frank Redman
Wormwood / Assistant Camera
John Williams
Composer
Frank Stanley
Cinematographer
Siegfried Wallach
Hotel Manager
Ferris Webster
Editor
Susan Morgan Cooper
Buns
Jack Frey
Cab Driver
Philippe Mareuil
Doublure voix française de Jack Cassidy
Richard D. Zanuck
Executive Producer
David Brown
Executive Producer
Aurelio Crugnola
Art Direction
Richard C. Meyer
Assistant Editor
Robert L. Hoyt
Sound Recordist
Craig Huston
Second Assistant Director
Wallace Worsley Jr.
Unit Production Manager
Laura Fattori
Production Secretary
Roberto Silvi
Assistant Editor
James Fargo
First Assistant Director
Buddy Van Horn
Stunts
Glenn Wright
Costume Supervisor
William N. Clark
Camera Operator
George C. Webb
Art Direction
Joe McKinney
Makeup Artist
Fred R. Simpson
Unit Production Manager
Tom Moore
Script Supervisor
Charles Waldo
Wardrobe Designer
Joe Chevalier
Property Master
Don Christie
Still Photographer
Tim Ryan
Grip
James R. Alexander
Sound
Frank Balchus
Wardrobe Intern
Victor Tourjansky
Second Assistant Director
John Dwyer
Set Decoration
Bona Nasalli-Rocca
Wardrobe Intern
Agnese Panarotto
Hairstylist
Carol Rydall
Production Secretary
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 21, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Content RatingR
Budget$9,000,000
Box Office$14,200,000
Filming LocationsBern · Zurich · Zürich, Switzerland · Utah · Arizona · California, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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. He agrees to join an international climbing team in Switzerland 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.
Principal photography started on August 12, 1974, and ended in late September 1974. The picture was filmed on location on the Eiger mountain and Zürich in Switzerland, in Monument Valley and Zion National Park in the American Southwest, and in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey in California. Special equipment and handheld cameras were employed to film the climbing sequences. Eastwood did his own climbing and stuntwork under dangerous conditions. Twenty-six-year-old British climber David Knowles died on the Eiger during the production. The film score was composed by John Williams.
The Eiger Sanction was released in New York City on May 21, 1975, and received mixed reviews. The general reaction among many reviewers offered criticism of the story and screenplay, and praise for the climbing footage and action sequences. The film, which was made with a budget of $9 million, earned $14.2 million at the box office. The Eiger Sanction was first released on DVD in 1998 and on Blu-ray in 2015 by Universal Studios.