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3	->''"One of our agents has been killed in Zurich by two men. We want you to sanction them."''
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5	A 1975 American action thriller film directed by and starring Creator/ClintEastwood, based on the [[Literature/TheEigerSanction 1972 novel]] by Trevanian, with a screenplay adaptation by Warren Murphy, co-creator of ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' series.
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7	Art professor Jonathan Hemlock (Eastwood) is a [[RetiredBadass retired government assassin]] who gets coerced into doing OneLastJob for his former employer [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction C2]]: the [[DeadlyEuphemism sanctioning]] of the two enemy agents responsible for the murder of Agent Wormwood (actually Henri Baq, an old [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam War]] buddy of Hemlock's). While one agent is known and quickly dispatched by Hemlock, the only thing known about the second agent is that he'll be part of an expedition to climb the notorious north face of the Eiger in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}} Swiss Alps]].
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9	While Hemlock enlists his former climbing partner, Ben Bowman (Creator/GeorgeKennedy), to help get him in shape for the climb, he soon finds himself in the sights of Miles Mellough (Creator/JackCassidy), another old war buddy turned DoubleAgent. And, should he survive this, Hemlock still has to confront an unknown killer on the deadly mountain itself.
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12	!!This movie has the following tropes:
13	* AlbinosAreFreaks: Dragon is a pure albino who has to be kept in a temperature-controlled room. Any direct light causes him intense pain, and he has to have his blood changed twice a year.
14	-->'''[[BattleAxeNurse Miss Cerebus]]:''' Mr Dragon does not like to be kept waiting.
15	-->'''Hemlock:''' The impatient albino.
16	-->'''Miss Cerebus:''' I don't think Mr Dragon's affliction is a joking matter.
17	-->'''Hemlock:''' I thought it was rather humorous myself. A spy network run by a bloodless freak who can't stand light or cold.
18	-->'''Miss Cerebus:''' [[TheGermaphobe Or germs!]] Are you healthy?
19	-->'''Hemlock:''' Shall I turn my head and cough?
20	-->'''Miss Cerebus:''' No ''known'' infections?
21	-->'''Hemlock:''' Nothing other than the usual. Syphilis, running sores and clap.
22	* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Turns out the microfilm stolen from the courier was phony information being leaked to the enemy, and the killers are only being sanctioned to keep up the charade. Also none of the climbers were enemy agents; the culprit is Ben Bowman who runs the expedition support team.]]
23	* AmbiguouslyBrown: George's father turns out to be White, but she's clearly mixed race. What precisely her ancestry is though isn't revealed. She's played by actress Brenda Venus, who's of Native American and Caucasian ancestry.
24	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Jemima tries to appeal to Hemlock to do the sanction by noting how dangerous it is for the other side to have the germ warfare formula, Hemlock asks her, "You think it's so awful the other side has a germ formula? It's against the Geneva Convention, isn't it, and they stole it from us. Well what the hell are we doing with it in the first place? We're not supposed to have one either."
25	* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: It's hard to believe that the openly-homosexual Miles Mellough would be accepted in the US Special Forces in the 1970's, or that he would be as easily shocked by violence as he appears after serving in the Vietnam War. He appears to an expy of British DoubleAgent Guy Burgess, a flamboyant homosexual who never served in the military.
26	* AssholeVictim:
27	** Just so we don't feel sorry for Pope when Hemlock roughs him up, Pope makes a number of racist comments about Jemima beforehand.
28	** The Cuban hitman Kruger is said to have brutally killed several C2 operatives, and kills Wormwood even though the original plan was to have his colleague con him out of the microfilm.
29	* AuditThreat: Jon Hemlock is coerced back for OneLastJob after Dragon threatens to tip off the IRS about his art collection bought on the black market. He then follows this up with an even worse threat!
30	-->'''Dragon:''' I should think your collection would be interesting material for the Internal Revenue people. How does an underpaid professor buy rare paintings? Masterpieces worth millions.
31	-->'''Hemlock:''' I wonder what the tax people would say if I revealed how I made the money--by killing people for the government.
32	-->'''Dragon:''' True, but of course, no one will believe you. More importantly, it won't do anything for your paintings. What do you think would happen to them? I imagine they'd be seized and...auctioned off, made available to everyone. Perhaps Mr. Pope would be able to buy one. Won't it do your heart good to think of one of your paintings...in Mr. Pope's hands?
33	-->'''Hemlock:''' Dragon, you have a talent for [[AnythingButThat describing the indescribable]].
34	* BaitAndSwitchComment: An attractive blonde student drops a hint that she'll sleep with Hemlock in [[SextraCredit exchange for a better grade]]. Hemlock asks if she will be alone in her room tonight...so she can study her ass off for that test tomorrow.
35	* TheBait: Pope makes open contact with Hemlock in Switzerland, exposing him as a C2 agent. Hemlock is not amused, knowing that this is done in the hope of flushing out the killer by inciting him to attack Hemlock.
36	* BattleaxeNurse: Miss Cerebus, who attends to Dragon.
37	* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Right after Hemlock throws Pope out of his office, the phone rings. Hemlock doesn't ask who the caller is--he just picks up the receiver and says hello to Dragon.
38	* BrokenPedestal: Jemima is a WideEyedIdealist who is shaken to discover that her superior officer is an ex-Nazi and that he and Pope set Baq up to be killed and aren't the least bit remorseful about it.
39	* CallingMeALogarithm: Bowman says he's now working as an impresario, and has to check with Hemlock that it's not a dirty word.
40	* CampGay:
41	** The flamboyantly-dressed and [[DepravedHomosexual openly homosexual]] [[SissyVillain Miles Mellough]], who owns a [[MisterMuffykins little dog]] named Faggot.
42	** Hemlock puts on a prissy voice while posing as a delivery man, so his target will not think he's a threat.
43	* TheCassandra: Hemlock points out that Karl Freytag's plan for climbing the Eiger has no retreat plan in case things go wrong. Karl smugly dismisses the idea that he would need one. An unexpected storm comes in and makes it necessary.
44	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder:
45	** [[DoubleAgent Miles Mellough]] offers to betray the identity of the second enemy agent in exchange for Hemlock calling off his vendetta. [[spoiler:This turns out to be Ben, who was recruited by Miles himself.]]
46	** Dragon switched sides from the Nazis, and Hemlock thinks he'd have no problem betraying the US government too--he certainly has no qualms about setting up his own men to take the fall to further his schemes.
47	* CliffsOfInsanity: The North Face of the Eiger is notorious for how often people fail to climb it (and/or ''die'' in the process); in the real world, successfully scaling the North Face is considered an achievement on par with surmounting ''K2''.
48	-->'''Hemlock:''' Look, if my target is climbing the Eiger, my work is already done for me.
49	* ClimbingClimax: C2 still hasn't established the identity of the second target by the time the expedition is due to go, so Hemlock has to climb the CliffsOfInsanity not knowing [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted which of his fellow climbers may be out to kill him]].
50	* CompensatingForSomething: It's suggested that Montaigne is climbing mountains to make himself appear youthful to his younger wife, who is a serial adulterer. The trope is lampshaded by a female journalist who approaches Ben.
51	-->'''Journalist:''' Tell me, Mr. Bowman, in your opinion do these men climb to prove their manhood, or is it more a matter of compensating for inferiority feelings?
52	-->'''Ben:''' Lady, why don't you go get yourself screwed? [[YouNeedToGetLaid It would do you a lot of good]].
53	* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Lampshaded when Hemlock throws Pope out of his office, then throws his raincoat after him, saying he won't be recognised without his disguise. JustifiedTrope with Agent Wormwood in Vienna though, as it really is raining.
54	* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:The man Hemlock gets to put him in shape for the Eiger happens to be the enemy agent he's looking for. Justified however given that Miles would want to keep tabs on Hemlock, so would go to a lot of trouble to recruit a friend who was BeneathSuspicion.]]
55	* {{Courier}}: Agent Wormwood is carrying a microfilm, and decides to EatTheEvidence when he realises he's BeingWatched.
56	* CuteMute: George is a gorgeous woman, and she never speaks in the film.
57	* CutTheSafetyRope: A variation; to get pulled to safety Hemlock attaches a rope thrown to him by his rescue party, then has to cut his own line holding him above a thousand-foot drop. [[spoiler:However Hemlock has just realised that Ben (who is holding the other rope) is the second target, and naturally worries if Ben is going to 'accidentally' let go.]]
58	* DarkAndTroubledPast: During a previous climbing expedition, Meyer caught a porter stealing food and stabbed him to death in the resulting fight.
59	* DeadlyDelivery: Downplayed; Hemlock poses as a courier to verify the presence of his target, but then enters by climbing a drainpipe.
60	* DeadlyEuphemism: 'Sanction' meaning officially-approved assassination.
61	-->'''Dragon:''' One of our agents has been killed in Zurich by two men. We want you to sanction them.
62	-->'''Hemlock:''' I'm sorry, you're going to have to get someone else to do your wet work.
63	-->'''Dragon:''' Please! That is a distasteful phrase.
64	-->'''Hemlock:''' Call it what you want: wet work, terminations, sanction...it all adds up to the same thing. [[EuphemismBuster Killing.]]
65	-->'''Dragon:''' It is what you do best.
66	* DestinationDefenestration: How Kruger dies.
67	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Miles (an enemy spy who is an ArchEnemy of Hemlock because he betrayed Ben and Henri Baq when they served together in the Vietnam War) is killed by Hemlock before going to the Alps.
68	* DrinkBasedCharacterization: Hemlock has a Wild Turkey on the rocks while Miles has a frozen daiquiri. Bowman prefers beer, and hides a six-pack in Hemlock's backpack so they can have a drink on top of the Totem Pole.
69	* DueToTheDead: After Montaigne dies in the night, Meyer and Hemlock insist on [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind taking his body down with them]].
70	* FalseReassurance: When Miles points out that he didn't actually kill Henri Baq, Hemlock replies that he probably [[FateWorseThanDeath won't actually kill Miles]], who correctly notes that's very little comfort.
71	* FanserviceExtra: Ben's climbing school is now used by single men and women seeking partners, so there are plenty of young men and women relaxing by the pool in swimwear.
72	* FateWorseThanDeath: After Miles tries to kill him, Hemlock drives him out into the [[ThirstyDesert desert and abandons him there]], despite Miles begging to be shot instead.
73	* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: Given that they're in TheSeventies, a professor can get away with smacking a female student on the ass while telling her to go home and study it off, while Bowman gives a playful pat to a bikini-clad employee called Buns.
74	* {{Foil}}: The young and idealistic Jemima Brown is used to contrast with the older and cynical Hemlock.
75	-->'''Hemlock:''' Here's to the selfish killer and the patriotic whore.
76	* GenderBlenderName: George is a woman. No explanation is given as to why she's named that.
77	* GoingCommando: George doesn't wear underwear it seems, as she's shown braless both times she takes her shirt off, in the second case with no panties or anything either (though since she clearly came to Hemlock's room with the intention of sex, it might have just been getting ready ahead of time).
78	* GoodOldFisticuffs: Hemlock curb-stomps Pope (who allegedly is a black belt in Karate) when he gets truly fed up with Pope's incompetence by grabbing him by the shirt and whaling on him. An emphasis must be made in Pope being an "[[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing alleged]]" expert.
79	* GreyAndGrayMorality: Both sides of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar are involved in illegal germ warfare and [[CycleOfRevenge sanctioning each other's agents]], and justifying it because the other side is doing likewise.
80	-->'''Jemima:''' And you don't see any difference between their side and our side?\
81	'''Hemlock:''' Yeah, I see a difference. As long as we have Dragons and Popes working for us, how bad can the other side be?
82	* HollywoodLaw: Hemlock says the germ warfare formula is against the Geneva Convention, which covers the treatment of prisoners of war. Presumably he's referring to the [[UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar 1925 Geneva Protocol]], but that only bans the ''use'' of such weapons in warfare, not their development or stockpiling.
83	* HoneyTrap: Hemlock is seduced by a [[SassyBlackWoman sassy]] SexyStewardess called Jemima Brown, only to [[NotStayingForBreakfast find the bed empty the next day]] and his safe open. His payment for the first sanction ($20,000 and an IRS statement saying his paintings are legit) has been stolen, to ensure Hemlock will take the second sanction.
84	* HostileWeather: A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind foehn]] blows up from the other side of the mountain (where the climbers can't see it until it's on top of them) creating hazardous ice conditions.
85	* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Miles and his ManlyGay bodyguard are pursuing Hemlock on a dirt road. Hemlock hits the brake lights to fool them into slowing down, then when he's out of sight he does a U-turn that kicks up a [[SmokeScreen huge cloud of dust that obscures his vehicle until he's right on top of them]] and can blast the bodyguard [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter with a shotgun]]. He then takes Miles a long way out into the desert and abandons him there to die of thirst.
86	* IncomingHam: Bowman pulls up in a pickup in a cloud of dust to collect Hemlock from the airport, talking a mile-a-minute.
87	-->'''Bowman:''' Goddamn my eyes, how the hell are ya? Goddamn you're looking good! A little soft maybe but goddamn I'm glad to see ya! ''(BearHug)'' How the hell are you been? Boy, are we gonna to drink a lot of beer! Wait till you see the goddamn place! How the hell are you? Jesus Christ, Jon, don't you ever say anything?
88	-->'''Hemlock:''' Well, I'm waiting for [[YouTalkTooMuch your mouth to get tired.]]
89	* IndecisiveParody: The [[Literature/TheEigerSanction novel]] was written as a satire of the James Bond-type thrillers--hence the over-the-top villains like Miles and Dragon--but the changes Clint Eastwood insisted on (and his snarky delivery of Hemlock's lines) make this less evident.
90	* InstantSedation: Averted; George is massaging Hemlock when she suddenly sticks a morphine syringe in his back. Hemlock wrestles it off her, they have a brief fight and only then does he pass out.
91	* ItHasBeenAnHonor:
92	-->'''Meyer:''' Jonathan, you're very good. I have enjoyed climbing with you.
93	-->'''Hemlock:''' We'll make it.
94	-->'''Meyer:''' I don't think so. [[FaceDeathWithDignity But we shall continue with style.]]
95	* ItsPersonal: Clint Eastwood didn't like how Hemlock in the novel had [[OnlyInItForTheMoney no emotional connection]] to the PlotTriggeringDeath, so the murdered courier Henri Baq was written to be an old Vietnam War buddy of Hemlock's. As a sweetener Dragon also allows Hemlock to sanction Miles Mellough, though he only has a peripheral involvement in the courier's death. Miles betrayed both Hemlock and Baq to the enemy during the Vietnam War.
96	* JerkAss:
97	** The German expedition leader sleeps with the wife of a member of his climbing team, disparages Hemlock's warnings despite his prior experience, refuses to develop a retreat plan in case things go wrong, fails to warn of falling rocks that he has dislodged and then doesn't turn back to help when the rocks hit Montaigne.
98	--->'''Hemlock:''' Where's Freytag?
99	--->'''Meyer:''' He felt he wasn't needed.
100	--->'''Hemlock:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Thought he wasn't needed?]] FREYTAG! YOU ASSSSSSSSSSSHOLE! ''(echo)'' ''[[BrokenEcho HOLE...HOLE...HOLE...HOLE...]]''
101	** While Ben is peering through his telescope and fretting over the danger to his friend, he keeps getting bothered by Eiger Birds (tourists who ComeToGawk at the climbs and maybe see someone die) and a StrawFeminist journalist who thinks the climbers are CompensatingForSomething.
102	** When Hemlock discovers Jemima set him up, he makes a point of criticizing her naïve patriotism and compares her to a whore.
103	* MisterMuffykins: Faggot, an annoying yappy dog with a tendency to hump legs without invitation. After Hemlock abandons his master in the desert to die, Faggot leaves him without hesitation to hitch a ride back in Hemlock's pickup.
104	-->'''Hemlock:''' Pretty quiet now, aren't you? You little prick.
105	* MsFanservice: [[CuteMute George]] in her shorts and midriff-exposing shirt turns out to be GoingCommando when she strips off for Hemlock. She previously had gone topless to keep him climbing too (which showed her with no bra).
106	* OnlyInItForTheMoney
107	** When George tries to give Hemlock an overdose on Miles' behalf, Ben says she did it for the oldest reason in the world. When Hemlock says, "Love?", Ben retorts, "Money!" [[spoiler:It turns out George is Ben's daughter, so 'love' was the reason after all, as she is trying to save her father's life by killing his would-be assassin. She also owes Miles for getting her off drugs.]]
108	** When Hemlock demands to know why he wasn't told right away that "Agent Wormwood" was his old friend Henri Baq, Dragon says that [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he would prefer Hemlock took the sanction for his usual motives of greed and avarice]].
109	* TheOnlyOne: Justified as an experienced climber is needed to go on the expedition the sanctioned target is believed to be on.
110	-->'''Dragon:''' You are the only man who can do it.
111	-->'''Hemlock:''' Well you can train Pope. He would be ready in about forty years.
112	* PlotTriggeringDeath: Agent Wormwood is killed in [[CityOfSpies Vienna]] for a microfilm he was smuggling. As per standard policy, the two killers are sanctioned by C2.
113	* ThePornomancer: Subverted; Hemlock is an attractive man, but the women who want to sleep with him all have an agenda. A student wants SextraCredit, the SexyStewardess is actually working for Dragon, and George has been bribed to give him a drug overdose.
114	* PunchClockHero:
115	** Dragon, though he's not heroic in any way. He only works for the U.S. because they pay him well, and Hemlock knows he'd easily betray the U.S. for the right price.
116	** Played with when it comes to Hemlock. While he wants to avenge Bach's murder and take revenge on traitorous Miles, his main motivation is money for his art collection.
117	* PunnyName: Jemima Brown. Hemlock actually asks for her driver's license to be reassured that it is her actual name.
118	* RedHerring: [[spoiler:The killer isn't a climber; he's a former climber working on the support team. And he only limps when his leg is cold, aggravating a previous frostbite injury.]]
119	* RefugeInAudacity: Dragon [[spoiler:accidentally believes Hemlock performed this by killing all of the climbers that were with him in the Eiger expedition, making sure to eliminate the target of his sanction order [[SerialKillingsSpecificTarget and hiding it as yet another example of the high lethality of the Eiger]].]] In reality, [[spoiler:the killer of Henri Baq was not among them and Hemlock actually let him live. Of course, Hemlock is not in any rush to correct Dragon.]]
120	* RevealingSkill: After Hemlock sucker-punches Miles' muscular bodyguard, Ben notes that he set his target up like he'd done that before.
121	* RevengeBeforeReason: Both sides sanction each others killers for deterrence, even though it doesn't deter anything and just creates a meaningless CycleOfRevenge. [[spoiler:Averted when Hemlock discovers that Ben is the enemy agent he's hunting; as Ben saved his life and [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit C2 assume one of the dead climbers was the target]], he lets Ben live.]]
122	* ScalingTheSummit: The expedition is to climb the [[DeathMountain notorious North Face]] of the Eiger.
123	* SceneryPorn: While the film's merits as a thriller are debatable, there is no doubt as to the beauty of the climbing scenes. As well as the location filming in Switzerland, the production got permission from the Navajo tribal authorities to film a scene on top of Totem Pole in Monument Valley, by agreeing to remove the pitons and other equipment left by previous climbers, and Eastwood cites WatchingTheSunset over Monument Valley as being one of his best experiences of making movies.
124	* ShakingTheRump: Hemlock turns down an offer of sexual bribery from a student, telling her to "go home and study your little ass off." As she walks off in a snit there's a MaleGaze view of her rear end that causes Hemlock to add, "Don't study it all off."
125	* TheSnarkKnight: The presence of either Dragon or Pope brings out the classic Clint snark.
126	-->'''Pope:''' My superior wants to see you.\
127	'''Hemlock:''' Your superior... [[NumberTwoForBrains Well that doesn't limit the field much, does it?]]
128	**
129	-->'''Pope:''' C2 isn't too interested in what amuses you, pal.\
130	'''Hemlock:''' That's odd, seeing as your organization has spent so much time and effort in trying to give the rest of the world a laugh.
131	**
132	-->'''Dragon:''' Twice a year my blood must be fully replaced.
133	-->'''Hemlock:''' With what?
134	* SmugSnake: Dragon is a smug jerk, but the true-blue example is his NumberTwoForBrains [[TheDragon Dragon]] Mr. Pope, who showcases enraging amounts of incompetence as a spy even when part of the sanction's plan is to let the enemies know that Hemlock is around, tries to lord it over Hemlock, and doesn't so much constantly smiles as he [[TechnicallyASmile constantly shows his teeth and assumes he's smiling]].
135	* StabTheScorpion: [[spoiler:While Hemlock is resting the Austrian climber Meyer pulls a SinisterSwitchblade of the kind used to kill Wormwood, but just uses it to remove the frayed end of a rope. Later Hemlock is struggling to stop Montaigne from falling off a cliff when a hand appears behind him, apparently preparing to shove him off the cliff too, but it turns out to be Meyer who grabs hold of him instead.]]
136	* SureLetsGoWithThat: [[spoiler:When Hemlock is the SoleSurvivor of the expedition, Dragon assumes that he decided to LeaveNoSurvivors and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident, and congratulates Hemlock on this "extravagant but effective" solution. Meanwhile Hemlock has discovered that Ben was the second target, but as Ben saved his life Hemlock just plays along with Dragon's assumption, though when Jemima asks if the climbers really did die accidentally he avoids the question.]]
137	* SuspectIsHatless: All C2 knows about the killer is that he's a man with a limp. However an [[ReadingTheEnemysMail intercepted message]] also reveals that he's an accomplished mountain climber due to go on an expedition to the Eiger.
138	-->'''Hemlock:''' Well, that's fine. Now all I have to do is [[SarcasmMode kill every mountain climber with a sore foot]].
139	* SwallowTheKey: A C2 courier is transporting a microfilm, but on realizing he's BeingWatched he swallows it. Cuban hitman Kruger gives him a SlashedThroat to cut it out of him.
140	* TalkToTheFist
141	** Miles has a face-to-face meeting with Hemlock to offer a deal, but Hemlock knows he wouldn't risk doing so [[IGotYouCovered unless he was covered]]. Sure enough there's a ManlyGay bruiser with a gun in his pocket watching them from the bar. Hemlock says he needs a couple of minutes to think over Miles' offer, then offers his hand acknowledging how WeUsedToBeFriends. He then walks over to the bar for a drink and tells the bodyguard that he accepted the deal as shown by the handshake, only to inflict a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the moment the bodyguard has lowered his guard.
142	*** Earlier Miles insults the dead Baq as "a sloppy drunk" and Jon punches him on the spot, despite his bodyguard.
143	--->'''Miles:''' ''(waving his bodyguard off)'' I'll allow you that. It's the price I must pay to get you to listen.
144	** Pope brags that [[IKnowKarate he has a black-belt in karate]]. Hemlock fakes a WhatTheFuAreYouDoing reaction, then punches him in the face.
145	* TapOnTheHead: Averted; Montaigne is hit by a falling rock and claims to be alright, but dies of a concussion that night. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident Or did he...?]]
146	* TheTease
147	** Women hitting on Hemlock usually make a point of [[ShowSomeLeg crossing their legs in his eyeshot]].
148	** When Hemlock balks at climbing further, George takes off her top (and [[GoingCommando she's not wearing a bra]]) to give him incentive to keep climbing, but by the time he gets up there she's vanished, much to his annoyance.
149	* TemptingFate: Several times during the climb such as "Only the weather can stop us" and "The worst is behind us now."
150	* TiredOfRunning: This is why Miles approaches Hemlock with a deal--he's tired of looking over his shoulder for him, [[NeverendingTerror in constant fear that Hemlock was coming to avenge his old betrayal]].
151	* TitleDrop
152	-->'''Dragon:''' Good luck, Hemlock, on your latest assignment: The Eiger Sanction.
153	* TrainingMontage: Hemlock getting in shape for the climb. With a full pack he has to run up and down mountains with [[CuteMute George]] sprinting lithely ahead of him.
154	* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The expedition appears to be based on the disastrous 1936 attempt to climb the Eiger's north face. However, in real life everyone on the expedition was killed--while one climber did end up dangling within view of his would-be rescuers, he was too exhausted from exposure to secure the rope that could have been used to pull him to safety.
155	* TheVoiceless: [[GenderBlenderName George]]. When she slips into Hemlock's room and starts to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl casually remove her clothing]], Hemlock jokingly provides [[HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation both sides of the seduction dialogue]].
156	* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Ben, you're limping..."]]
157	* YouNeedToGetLaid: Apart from Ben's comeback to the journalist, there's this line.
158	-->'''Montaigne:''' Ask Anna. Every night for six months I perform two hours of exercise before bed.
159	-->'''Hemlock:''' By now, she must be very anxious to see you climb the mountain.
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