Friday, January 20, 2017

The Eiger Sanction

Actors: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy, Vonetta McGee, Brenda Venus
Rating: 8 out of 10, This movie actually stands up to time fairly well. It’s fairly routine spy thriller until they get to the Eiger and the photography there is nothing short of amazing, especially since it was obvious Eastwood was doing his own stunts suspended off the side of the mountain, well before CGI was around. Eastwood plays a college professor who whacks the occasional spy as a side job to pay for his art collection. George Kennedy is around in his garrulous sidekick mode which is always fun to watch. Venus playing the silent mountain climbing daughter could get me to climb a few mountains as well; easy to understand Henry Miller’s late life fascination with her.

MVP: Eastwood as Prof Hemlock, mountain climbing assassin with incredible lady luck 

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