He was supposed to get killed. That's why we hired the drunken bum.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Eiger Sanction movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:33:34 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- That frigging Hemlock. Thinks he's so goddamn cute.
- How do you think he'd feel if he knew this whole thing was a fake?
- A fake?
- Sure.
- Hemlock's friend? That Wormwood?
- He was supposed to get killed. That's why we hired the drunken bum.
- But what about the germ formula? I mean, the other side got it.
- That's the real cute part. They were supposed to get it. It's a phony.
- Well, that's simple. To sell the other side that the formula's the real thing.
- Now, if we just let 'em steal it and not do anything about it, well, they'd get suspicious.
- So, we had to assign Hemlock to sanction the assassins.
[...]
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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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