The read
Scores higher than 97% of the 570 1970s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic80/100
708 audience votes
Key crew
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Fred ZinnemannDirector
- Kenneth RossScreenplay
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
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