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The Day of the Jackal

“Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.”

★ 7.5 / 10 (727 votes)May 16, 1973143 minEN
ActionThriller

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.

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Movie facts

Release dateMay 16, 1973
StatusReleased
Runtime143 min
Rating★ 7.5 / 10
CertificationPG
Original languageFrench, Italian, English
CountryFrance, United Kingdom
Budget—
Revenue$16,056,255
ProductionUniversal Productions France, Warwick Film Productions, John Woolf Productions
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Director

Fred Zinnemann

Writers

Kenneth Ross

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Cast

Edward FoxEdward FoxThe Jackal
Terence AlexanderTerence AlexanderLloyd
Michel AuclairMichel AuclairColonel Rolland
Alan BadelAlan Badelthe Minister
Tony BrittonTony BrittonInspector Thomas
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Denis CareyCasson
Cyril CusackCyril CusackGunsmith
Maurice DenhamMaurice DenhamGeneral Colbert
Michael LonsdaleMichael LonsdaleDeputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon DobtcheffVernon DobtcheffInterrogator
Jacques FrançoisJacques FrançoisPascal
Olga Georges-PicotOlga Georges-PicotDenise
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