Cast

Clint Eastwood George Kennedy Vonetta McGee Jack Cassidy Heidi Brühl Thayer David

Credits

Written by: Hal Dresner

Plot

A professor and art collector who is also an assassin is coerced out of retirement to avenge an old friend's murder.

Sinekatalog’s take

Clint Eastwood's thriller has a spectacular mountain-climbing climax, otherwise it's a patchy spy story.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (25,105 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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