The Eiger Sanction

The Eiger Sanction1975

Stars: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating: R
Runtime: 129 minutes

The Eiger Sanction is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker. 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 … more »



Dr. Jonathan Hemlock:
[to his class] Some of you will continue in your education. Some of you will continue with your interest in art. Some of you will have interests other than that. If we've learned nothing else this year, I hope you've learned the stupidity of the statement that art belongs to the world. 'Cause art belongs to the cultivated who can appreciate it. The majority of the great unwashed does not fit into this category... and neither, I'm sorry to say, do most of you.

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