The Day of the Jackal (1973)
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.
- Released
- 1973-05-16
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Fred Zinnemann, Kenneth Ross
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 723 votes
Cast
- Edward Fox as The Jackal
- Terence Alexander as Lloyd
- Michel Auclair as Colonel Rolland
- Alan Badel as the Minister
- Tony Britton as Inspector Thomas
- Denis Carey as Casson
- Cyril Cusack as Gunsmith
- Maurice Denham as General Colbert
- Michael Lonsdale as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Interrogator
- Jacques François as Pascal
- Olga Georges-Picot as Denise