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The Jackal
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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
Jul 30, 1973 · The Day of the Jackal: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel. In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
- (44K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Fred Zinnemann
- 1973-07-30
The film The Day of the Jackal was released in 1973, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox as The Jackal, Michael Lonsdale as Lebel, and Derek Jacobi as Caron. It follows the novel rather faithfully although it has several cosmetic changes
- Frederick Forsyth
- 358 (first edition, UK), 380 (first edition, US)
- 1971
- 7 June 1971 (UK), 6 August 1971 (US)
The Day of the Jackal is a meticulously constructed thriller with surprising irreverence and taut direction. An underground French paramilitary group is intent on eliminating President Charles de ...
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- Fred Zinnemann
- PG
- Edward Fox
Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Fred Zinnemann’s “The Day of the Jackal” is one hell of an exciting movie. I wasn’t prepared for how good it really is: it’s not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed ...
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BAFTA FILM AWARD® winner. The Day of the Jackal. French radicals hire British hitman to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. 2,847 IMDb 7.8 2 h 22 min 1973. X-Ray PG
Summaries. In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle. It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle.
