The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.
143 min
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.
- Release date
- May 16, 1973
- Country of origin
- France, United Kingdom, United States
- Music
- Georges Delerue
- Box office
- $16,056,255
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Trailer
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 The Gunsmith
- Maurice Denham as General Colbert
- Michael Lonsdale as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
- Vernon Dobtcheff as The Interrogator
- Jacques François as Pascal
- Olga Georges-Picot as Denise
- Raymond Gérôme as Flavigny
- Barrie Ingham as St. Clair
- Delphine Seyrig as Colette de Montpellier
- Derek Jacobi as Inspector Caron
- Jean Martin as Victor Wolenski
- Ronald Pickup as The Forger
- Eric Porter as Colonel Rodin
- Anton Rodgers as Jules Bernard
- Adrien Cayla-Legrand as The President
- Donald Sinden as Mallinson
- Jean Sorel as Jean Bastien-Thiry
- David Swift as Montclair
- Timothy West as Commissioner Berthier
- Bernard Archard as Detective Hughes
- Jacques Alric as French Detective
- Colette Bergé as Lebel's Wife
- Edmond Bernard as Colonel Rolland's Assistant
- Gérard Buhr as Gendarme on Telephone
Crew
- Fred Zinnemann · Director
- Frederick Forsyth · Writer
- Kenneth Ross · Writer
- John Woolf · Producer
- Georges Delerue · Composer
- Jean Tournier · Cinematographer
- Ralph Kemplen · Editor
- Margot Capelier · Casting director
- Jenia Reissar · Casting director