The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Movie · 2h 23m · PG
ActionThriller
"Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world."
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.
Ratings
TMDB
7.5/10
Key crew
- Fred ZinnemannDirector
- Kenneth RossScreenplay
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edward FoxThe Jackal
- Terence AlexanderLloyd
- Michel AuclairColonel Rolland
- Alan Badelthe Minister
- Tony BrittonInspector Thomas
- Denis CareyCasson
- Cyril CusackGunsmith
- Maurice DenhamGeneral Colbert
- Michael LonsdaleDeputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
- Vernon DobtcheffInterrogator
- Jacques FrançoisPascal
- Olga Georges-PicotDenise
Stills
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Themes
assassinassassinationfranceparis, francebased on novel or bookpolicehitmantraitorcastlefake identitydisguiseassassination of president