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The Jackal is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final theatrically released film role. The film involves the hunt for a paid assassin.
Nov 14, 1997 · Bruce Willis stars as a mysterious assassin who targets the FBI director, while Richard Gere plays the agent who tries to stop him. The Jackal is based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth, but the film credits are different.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Michael Caton-Jones
- 1997-11-14
Murad wants revenge and hires anonymous hit man the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to kill FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier).
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- Michael Caton-Jones
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- Bruce Willis
In Moscow, the FBI and their Russian counterpart, the MVD, are working on a joint mission to apprehend Russian mobster Ghazzi Murad specifically for the murder of Mayor Nikolai Semankho. During the arrest, they are forced to kill Ghazzi.
On the Jackal's trail is the deputy head of the FBI (Sidney Poitier), who enlists the help of an IRA terrorist (Richard Gere). The IRA man is a federal prisoner, released into Poitier's custody to lead them to his lover, a Basque terrorist (Mathilda May), who knows what the Jackal looks like.
A Russian mobster pulls out the stops, hiring the world's most reclusive assassin to take out the head of the FBI. Only the girlfriend of an IRA terrorist can identify the Jackal - if he can be found! With Sidney Poitier.
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