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Back in the 70s I had no idea Clint Eastwood was a more than competent director and filmmaker, I thought he was dirty harry callahan.

The Eiger Sanction is a bizarre little film, Eastwood stars as Dr. Hemlock a retired CIA assassin and expert mountaineer whose boss is an albino ex-nazi who calls him in for one last mission (you read it right. his boss is an albino ex-nazi. think bloefeld from 007). An assassination on the Eiger, one of the greatest mountains in the world located in Switzerland. Add to the albino nazi that Hemlock pretends he's gay during the beginning of the movie and its filmed in SF and later kills another gay man for hitting on him or conspiring with the bad guys and you gotta wonder who the "bad guys" are when your working for an albino nazi. This movie is campy, racist, homophobic, and still pretty darn cool. The Eiger Sanction is considered the most authentic mountaineering movie ever made by climbers. there is no cgi. no stunt double Clint Eastwood actually fucking climbed mountains in the movie. The end sequence of the film shot on the eiger is really freaking hair raising cause they are obviously doing some dangerous shit on the Eiger. Its a definite renter.

Check out the trailer below. it is flatout terrible.