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1973 • 2h 23min • PG • Action, Thriller

The Day of the Jackal

"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.

IMDb 7.8

RT 90%

MC 80

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Writers

Frederick Forsyth

Kenneth Ross

John Rosenberg

Composer

Georges Delerue

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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

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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...

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Jacques François Pascal

Olga Georges-Picot Denise

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