Edward Fox
The Jackal
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Jul 30, 1973 · A professional assassin hired by a group of French veterans to kill President de Gaulle is pursued by the police in this adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's novel. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-nominated film.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Fred Zinnemann
- 1973-07-30
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth , the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.
- $16,056,255
- John Woolf
The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.
- Frederick Forsyth
- 358 (first edition, UK), 380 (first edition, US)
- 1971
- 7 June 1971 (UK), 6 August 1971 (US)
The Day of the Jackal. French radicals hire British hitman to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. 2,852 IMDb 7.8 2 h 22 min 1973. X-Ray PG. Suspense · International · Tense · Exciting. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. HD $3.89 $3.59. Buy movie. HD $14.99 $4.99. More purchase. options.
An underground French paramilitary group is intent on eliminating President Charles de Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand), but when numerous attempts on his life fail, they resort to hiring the infamous...
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- Fred Zinnemann
- PG
- Edward Fox
A classic suspense thriller about a professional assassin hired to kill de Gaulle in 1963. Ebert praises the film's meticulous screenplay, Zinnemann's direction, and Edward Fox's performance as the jackal.
Find out who starred in the thriller film based on Frederick Forsyth's novel, directed by Fred Zinnemann. See the full list of actors, producers, writers, and other crew members on IMDb.
