The Day of the Jackal (1973)

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Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

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Edward Fox
The Jackal

Terence Alexander
Lloyd

Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland

Alan Badel
The Minister

Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas

Cyril Cusack
The Gunsmith

Maurice Denham
General Colbert

Vernon Dobtcheff
The Interrogator

Written by

Frederick Forsyth
(book)

Kenneth Ross
(screenplay)

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A great movie

14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 28 10:07

johanlefourbe

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Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I wasn’t disappointed, in fact, I was really blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, what a suspense ! I think it is quite shame that this flick seems to be pretty much forgotten nowadays since it is actually, in my opinion, easily one of the best movies I have seen in this genre. Indeed,... read more

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It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. The situation is historically accurate. There were many such attempts and the film closely follows the plot of the book.

Release date: 30 July 1973
UPC: 025192026126

Tags: Thriller (16), Drama (13), France (12), 1973 (9), Conspiracy (8), Torture (8), Hitman (8), President (8), Politics (7), Parade (7), French (7), Murder (7), Military (7), 1970s (7), Sniper (7), Border (5), Birth Certificate (4), Political (3)

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