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The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
“Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.”
Action, Thriller · 2h 23m
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.
Cast
Edward Fox
The Jackal
Terence Alexander
Lloyd
Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland
Alan Badel
the Minister
Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
D
Denis Carey
Casson
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith
Maurice Denham
General Colbert
Michael Lonsdale
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Interrogator
Jacques François
Pascal
Olga Georges-Picot
Denise
Crew
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Screenplay
- Kenneth Ross
- Novel
- Frederick Forsyth
- Director of Photography
- Jean Tournier
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Editor
- Ralph Kemplen
- Producer
- John Woolf
Details
- Release date
- 1973-05-16
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- French, Italian, English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom
- Production
- Universal Productions France, Warwick Film Productions, John Woolf Productions
- Box office
- $16,056,255