The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Movie Details

Original Title The Day of the Jackal

Original Language EN

Revenue $16,056,255

Status Released

Popularity 6.3

Cast

Edward Fox

The Jackal

Popularity: 2.1

Terence Alexander

Lloyd

Popularity: 10.7

Michel Auclair

Colonel Rolland

Popularity: 1.5

Alan Badel

the Minister

Popularity: 1.1

Tony Britton

Inspector Thomas

Popularity: 13.2

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Denis Carey

Casson

Popularity: 0.9

Cyril Cusack

Gunsmith

Popularity: 2.0

Maurice Denham

General Colbert

Popularity: 1.4

Michael Lonsdale

Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

Popularity: 1.8

Vernon Dobtcheff

Interrogator

Popularity: 12.7

Jacques François

Pascal

Popularity: 1.4

Olga Georges-Picot

Denise

Popularity: 3.5

Key Crew

Director Fred Zinnemann

Screenplay Kenneth Ross

Editor Ralph Kemplen

Producer John Woolf

Production

Universal Productions France

Warwick Film Productions

John Woolf Productions

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Feb 12, 2014

Chacal. The Day of the Jackal is directed by Fred Zinnerman and adapted to screenplay by Kenneth Ross from the novel of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth. It stars Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton and Denis Carey. Music is by Georg ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Mar 28, 2022

A sophisticated adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's thriller about an Englishman codenamed "the Jackal" (Edward Fox) who is hired to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. His meticulous planning remains almost undiscovered until the redoubtable "Inspecteur Lebel" - played by the alwa ... Read more