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The Day of the Jackal

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The Day of the Jackal (1973)

US:: PG Action Thriller

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.

Updated May 9 2020

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Keywords:

paris, france france landschloß assassination assassin denunziation traitor hitman verkleidung false identity police charles de gaulle suspense

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Runtime: 143 mins Rating: 7.7 Tag Line: Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.

Cast

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

King Lear

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Le conférencier au club des timides (as Michel Lonsdale)

Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

Colette

Philippe Léotard

Philippe Léotard

Gendarme

Van Doude

Van Doude

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Gunsmith

Edward Fox

Edward Fox

the Jackal

Michel Auclair

Michel Auclair

Colonel Rolland

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Crew

Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue

Original Music Composer

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

Director

Jean Tournier

Jean Tournier

Director of Photography

Kenneth Ross

Kenneth Ross

Screenplay

Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth

Novel

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