The Day of the Jackal
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.
- Revenue
- $16,056,255
- Production
- Universal Productions France, Warwick Film Productions, John Woolf Productions
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Cast
Edward Fox
The Jackal
Terence Alexander
Lloyd
Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland
Alan Badel
the Minister
Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith
Maurice Denham
General Colbert
Michael Lonsdale
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Interrogator
Jacques François
Pascal
Olga Georges-Picot
Denise
Raymond Gérôme
Flavigny
Barrie Ingham
St. Clair
Delphine Seyrig
Colette de Montpellier
Derek Jacobi
Inspector Caron
Jean Martin
Victor Wolenski
Ronald Pickup
The Forger
Eric Porter
Colonel Rodin
Anton Rodgers
Jules Bernard
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
Charles de Gaulle
Crew
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Writers
- Kenneth Ross
- Producers
- John Woolf
- Cinematography
- Jean Tournier
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
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John Chard
February 12, 2014
Chacal. The Day of the Jackal is directed by Fred Zinnerman and adapted to screenplay by Kenneth Ross from the novel of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth. It stars Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton and Denis Carey. Music is by Georges Delerue and cinematography by Jean Tournier. As the French political climate reaches boiling point over the Algeria situation, underground organisation the OAS plot to have President Charles de …
CinemaSerf
March 28, 2022
A sophisticated adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's thriller about an Englishman codenamed "the Jackal" (Edward Fox) who is hired to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. His meticulous planning remains almost undiscovered until the redoubtable "Inspecteur Lebel" - played by the always under-rated Michael Lonsdale manages to piece together enough information to get on his tail. A workmanlike ensemble cast give extra weight to the lead performances in this intriguing and well put …