Call it what you want, wet work, termination, sanction. It all adds up to the same thing, killing.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Eiger Sanction movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:14:21 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Does your physical disability preclude you from coming to the point?
- All right. If you wish no small talk, sit down. We'll discuss business.
- One of our agents has been killed in Zurich by two men. We want you to sanction them.
- I'm sorry, you're gonna have to get somebody else to do your wet work.
- Please, that is a distasteful phrase.
- Call it what you want, wet work, termination, sanction. It all adds up to the same thing, killing.
- You don't seem to remember I'm a retired assassin. The operative word there is retired.
- You'll have to get somebody else to do your sanctions.
- I understand a new Pissarro has come onto the black market.
- I'll just have to live without it.
[...]
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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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