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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Its snowbound Alpine mission, treacherous shifting loyalties, and tough Eastwood presence echo the blend of espionage and high-altitude peril in The Eiger Sanction, on a larger wartime canvas.
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Why this pick
Another 1975 thriller about a damaged professional drawn back into violent covert work, with a similarly cynical view of institutions and a deliberate build toward explosive action.
03
Why this pick
Matches its patient, adult spy-thriller rhythm and fascination with the methodical routines of a highly capable assassin, sustaining tension through procedure rather than constant action.
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Why this pick
A lean, uneasy 1970s conspiracy thriller with a lone intelligence outsider navigating opaque agencies, morally murky motives, and danger that feels grounded rather than glamorous.
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Why this pick
Its solitary hitman, precise tradecraft, and cool, unsentimental violence make a strong companion for Hemlock's professional-killer side, with an equally spare early-1970s toughness.
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01 / THE STORY
Art professor and mountaineer Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is a retired government assassin called on to return to work for two more "sanctions", a euphemism for officially approved killings. During his career with a secret government agency called "C2", Hemlock amassed a private collection of 21 rare masterpiece paintings, paid for from his previous sanctions. The director of C2, Dragon (Thayer David), is an Albinism ex-Nazi confined to semi-darkness and kept alive by blood transfusions. Dragon wants Hemlock to kill two men responsible for the death of another government agent, code name Wormwood. Insisting he is retired, Hemlock refuses until Dragon threatens to expose Hemlock's art collection to the Internal Revenue Service. Hemlock agrees, and travels to Zurich, where he carries out the first sanction for $20,000, twice his usual fee (), and a letter guaranteeing no trouble from the IRS.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Miles Mellough
Mrs. Anna Montaigne
Karl Freytag
Jean-Paul Montaigne
George
Art Student
Miss Cerberus
Dewayne
