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The Day of the Jackal(1973)

Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.

7.5(685)2h 23m1973-05-16

ActionThriller

Overview

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

Director:: Fred Zinnemann
Writers:: Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross, John Rosenberg
Producers:: John Woolf
Cinematographer:: Jean Tournier
Composer:: Georges Delerue
Production:: Universal Productions France, Warwick Film Productions, John Woolf Productions
Revenue:: $16,056,255
Status:: Released

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Cast

Edward Fox

Edward Fox

The Jackal

Terence Alexander

Terence Alexander

Lloyd

Michel Auclair

Michel Auclair

Colonel Rolland

Alan Badel

Alan Badel

the Minister

Tony Britton

Tony Britton

Inspector Thomas

Denis Carey

Denis Carey

Casson

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Gunsmith

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

General Colbert

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Interrogator

Jacques François

Jacques François

Pascal

Olga Georges-Picot

Olga Georges-Picot

Denise