A Great Oldie -- But Is It An Edited Version?
I could swear that there were a couple of different scenes when I saw this film in theatrical release.

There was at least one more scene in the Eiger Hotel where Pope confronts Eastwood, and Eastwood slams his hand in the door. That explains the extra irony when Eastwood later steps on Pope's hand in their outdoor fight, and Pope cries out "ow, my hand, my hand!".

Also, the scene where the little dog jumped into Eastwood's jeep in the desert was omitted in the original. Instead, when George Kennedy later informs Eastwood that the county sheriff has found Milo's body in the desert, he concludes with: "...and the damnedest thing..." "What's that?" "They say that he ate a dog" to which Eastwood returns his best insouciant smile. I could see that they might have taken that out for today's animal-rights PC-crowd. Which means that they must have filmed both versions and used the more rude one in the original release. Does anyone else remember it that way?

Anyway, the film is still a lot of fun, even if they took away some of its 70's edginess.

addicted to it
I remembered seeing the film and that I probably liked it.I am 66 and desperate for entertainment.
It has probably never been shown on telvison because it would need too much editing.I love it now, watched it 12 times until my vcr
wore out so I got another copy. i also got another vcr.

Classic and awesome movie!
You can never go wrong with Clint Eastwood! I love this movie, the espionage story and the European scenes. Many people don't know that Clint Eastwood performed his own stunts in this movie since he was a real Mountain climber and assumed all high risk shots for the movie!! Highly recommended and the supporting actors including Keneddy are all aces!

good eastwood pic
Good movie if you are an Eastwood fan..Plot is not real clear, but if you like Clint and George Kennedy, it's worth watching

5-star movie, but...
Great movie, one of my favorites. Clint is always enjoyable in these roles.

The DVD has one annoying aspect, however, common to many DVDs produced before the era of HD -- when viewed on an HD player or up-converting DVD unit via Component or HDMI inputs, the movie is presented as letterbox inside of a 4:3 format. On a wide screen HDTV this means that the picture is significantly inset and does not fill the screen. A nit-picky issue, to be sure, but most annoying in the era of big, wide-screen HD.

If they ever reissue this title, I hope they redefine the format to be true wide-screen.