The Eiger Sanction Quotes with Sound Clips

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Quotes from The Eiger Sanction (1975 film based on Trevanian's novel), featuring short sound clips and sfx.

Actors: Clint Eastwood (Jonathan Hemlock), George Kennedy (Ben Bowman), Vonetta McGee (Jemima Brown), Jack Cassidy (Miles Mellough)

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1 Either through the door or through the window. It's your choice.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

2 This is a big man. You're the only one who's climbed it. How'd you do it? -Guts, skill, determination, all that sort of stuff.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood), Ben Bowman (George Kennedy)

3 I didn't quit because of religion. I quit because of mathematics. That's right. The odds are stacking up against me.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

4 Assassins who stay too long wind up assassinated, and that ain't in my game plan.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

5 Don't forget your trench coat. How's anybody gonna recognize you without your disguise?

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

6 If you hauled beer up this rock, you're insane. -I may be insane, but I'm not stupid. I didn't carry it, you did. It's in your pack.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood), Ben Bowman (George Kennedy)

7 The only thing you and I have to chat about is you having an incurable disease and lack the guts to kill yourself.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

8 Well, that's fine. Now all I have to do is kill every mountain climber with a sore foot.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

9 Did he tell you? -He offered to, but the price was too high. -What'd he want then? -To live.

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

10 Does your physical disability preclude you from coming to the point?

— Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood)

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