The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Thayer David: Dragon
Quotes
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Dragon : [sitting in his dark lair] Even the slightest direct light causes me intense pain.
Jonathan Hemlock : Does your physical disability preclude you from coming to the point?
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Dragon : [Hemlock has walked in while Dragon is hooked up to a transfusion device] Forgive me, Dr. Hemlock. Twice a year I have to have my blood completely replaced.
Jonathan Hemlock : [through gritted teeth] With what?
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Jonathan Hemlock : And why am I the only one who can perform this sanction?
Dragon : First, do you accept the assignment?
Jonathan Hemlock : Yes, I accept!
Jonathan Hemlock : What we have is this: the target is male, he is an accomplished mountain climber. We learned this from a note we intercepted. Also, a witness said he limped.
Jonathan Hemlock : Well, that's fine. Now all I have to do is kill every mountain climber with a sore foot.
Dragon : Not quite. Our man will be involved in a climb in the Alps this summer.
Jonathan Hemlock : Oh, you're getting warm now, Dragon. That narrows it down to three or four thousand men.
Dragon : Fewer than that. We know which mountain he will climb.
Jonathan Hemlock : And?
Dragon : The Eiger!
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Dragon : Good luck, Hemlock, on your latest assignment: the Eiger sanction.
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Dragon : [laughing] A joke... a bitter Hemlock.