The Eiger Sanction (1975)

Thayer David: Dragon

Quotes 

• 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?

• 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?

• 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!

• Dragon : Good luck, Hemlock, on your latest assignment: the Eiger sanction.

• Dragon : [laughing]  A joke... a bitter Hemlock.