Written by James M. Tate / 11/13/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , candice rialson , clint eastwood , george kennedy , gregory walcott , hit-man , jack cassidy , neo noir , seventies , thayer david , vonetta mcgee
CLINT EASTWOOD IN 'THE EIGER SANCTION' WITH GEORGE KENNEDY
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| Title: THE EIGER SANCTION Year: 1975 Rating: *** Grade: C+ |
Clint Eastwood's THE EIGER SANCTION foreshadows RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK having an otherwise mild-mannered, seemingly-average college professor with a dangerous side-job...
Only here Clint's Jonathan Hemlock is far more dangerous being a hired assassin in what plays like a James Bond vehicle including an enigmatic, monologue-spouting code-name tycoon and several gorgeous, extremely easy women (featuring gorgeous blaxploitation starlet Vonetta McGee) who turn on the central hero...
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION with George Kennedy |
His mission's to figure out then kill the killer of a former associate, all leading to the titular Eiger in Switzerland, where the death had occurred while the last act has mountain-climbing sequences not nearly as involving, intense or even adventurous as when Eastwood traipses from one investigative close-call to the next...
Dealing with those unpredictable gals, old friends (from George Kennedy to Jack Cassidy) or random henchman that he's in more control of than the anticipated hiking movie that could have starred anyone since, despite Clint the actor and director doing some his own stunts, it's all monotonously uphill after the twisty albeit talky buildup — where the lead seems more a resilient spy than hit-man, and his culprits don't pose much of a threat either way.
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION with flirty student Candice Rialson |
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION with George Kennedy |
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION |
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION |
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION |
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION with Jack Cassidy |
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION |
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| Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION |
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| Vonetta McGee and Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION |
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| Vonetta McGee and Clint Eastwood in THE EIGER SANCTION |
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