

The Day of the Jackal
1973 · 143 min · Action, ThrillerPG
Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.
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
- Released
- May 16, 1973
- Language
- English
Cast

Edward Fox
The Jackal

Terence Alexander
Lloyd

Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland

Alan Badel
the Minister

Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
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
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